Small changes yield big wins for Ngai Tahu Farming

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Ngai Tahu Farming has diverted 45 per cent of its farming operation’s waste from landfill to recycled products thanks to an innovative agricultural plastics recycling scheme. The iwi farming organisation has been targeting waste reduction as part of Te Runanga …

No easy solution to packaging dilemma

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In July 2024 a government mandated recycling scheme will come into force covering all farm plastics. While the agricultural industry has taken some impressive steps over the past decade to recycle silage wrap, pit covers and agrichemical containers, this is …

ProAg supports Plasback’s on-farm collection service

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In June nationwide crop-packaging distributor ProAg-Wearparts joined the Plasback on-farm plastics recycling scheme. By doing so, it becomes the third significant distributor of hay and silage nets, twines and wraps to join the Plasback scheme in 2022. ProAg-Wearparts development manager …

Agrecovery and Plasback join forces

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The two main farm plastic collection programmes in New Zealand’s primary sector – Agrecovery and Plasback – have agreed to work together to improve the services they provide farmers and growers. Agrecovery chief executive Tony Wilson and Plasback commercial manager …

Team effort to deal with mountain of waste plastic

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Nation-wide farm plastics recycler Plasback is helping an Ashburton business solve a daunting problem – cleaning up a massive stockpile of waste plastic. Plasback is working with specialist company Southern Xpress to bale and remove about 1000 tonnes of silage …

Integrated Packaging joins Plasback on-farm recycling scheme

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Its commitment to sustainability and innovation has led New Zealand’s only manufacturer and distributor of silage wrap, Integrated Packaging, to join the Plasback agricultural plastics recycling scheme. Integrated Packaging general manager Mark Bunt says his company is the only local …

Plasback on a growth spurt

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Ag plastic recycler Plasback has come a long way since it collected its first consignment of used silage wrap from South Canterbury farmers John and Noeline Peters in 2007. Since then it has picked up more than 20,000 tonnes of …

Plasback commercial manager brings wealth of experience

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New Zealand’s on-farm plastics recycler, Plasback is looking to the future with it’s appointment of a new Commercial Manager, Neal Shaw. Neal will work with Plasback’s existing commercial manager, Chris Hartshorne, for a transition period of at least six months. …

New backers give boost to Plasback

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Caption: John Tulloch (left) and Chris Hartshorne shake hands to mark Tulloch Farm Machines joining the Plasback scheme. Article written by Paul Titus, and printed in the Rural Contractor and Large Scale Farmer magazine. May 6th, 2021 New Zealand’s on-farm …