What to recycle
When recycling agri-plastics, it’s important to keep each material type in its own Plasback liner. Different products — like bale wrap, silage covers, PP twine, bale net, and PP bags — are made from different plastics that each require their own recycling process. Mixing these materials together can cause contamination, making it harder or even impossible to recycle them properly.
By separating your plastics into the five streams, you’re helping ensure that every kilogram collected through Plasback can be turned back into valuable new products — keeping on-farm waste out of landfill and supporting a stronger circular economy for New Zealand agriculture.
Stream One
Bale wrap, silage pit covers, shrink wrap and pallet covers. No net wrap please! Pit covers can be folded and tied up for collection – Shake off any excess soil & dirt before tying off.
These bags can be recycled through Agrecovery if the small bags are a participating brand.
https://agrecovery.co.nz/programmes/small-bags-product-stewardship-scheme/
Stream Two
Large Polypropylene feed and fertiliser bags (1T and 500kg bags only) Please ensure bags are empty of contents.
Stream Three
High density polyethylene (HDPE) containers. We only accept 100L and 200L Ecolab drums. Please make sure you triple rinse, keep bungs in if possible.
Stream Four
Vineyard nets, HDPE monofilament nets only. Must be separated from tape, rope, wire or any foreign objects. No side netting please!
To ensure we can process your enquiry promptly, please include:
- Multiple photos of the material
- A specification sheet
- Estimated volume or weight (kg)
- Material location
If you have questions or need assistance, please enquire via recycle@plasback.co.nz.
Stream Five
Polypropylene twines from farms and orchards. PP twine is made from a specific type of plastic – polypropylene (PP) – which has a different melting point and recycling process to other agricultural plastics such as bale wrap, silage covers, and pit sheets.
Because of this, PP twine cannot be mixed with these other materials in the same Plasback liner.