Rural Waste

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Agrecovery Rural Recycling Programme

Don’t burn or bury your plastics or chemicals - recycle with Agrecovery!

The Agrecovery Rural Recycling Programme provides New Zealand’s primary sector with responsible and sustainable systems for the recovery and recycling of persistent “on-farm” waste products.
Established in 2005 Agrecovery is a not-for-profit charitable trust put together by primary sector stakeholders. Its nationwide services are available for farmers, growers, contractors, sports turf managers, vet clinics and others within the New Zealand primary sector.
The aim of the programme is to provide a sustainable solution to help manage the sector’s impact on the environment and to meet increasing customer demands for best environmental practice.
Agrecovery can help you protect your property, and NZ Inc, with simple sustainable solutions for the recovery and recycling of persistent “on-farm” waste products.
Full details about our programmes are available at www.agrecovery.co.nz or by calling freephone 0800 AGRECOVERY (247 326).

Plasback agriculture plastic recycling

Plasback can collect a wide variety of farm plastics for recycling including: bale wrap, silage pit covers, small low density polyethylene feed bags, shrink wrap, pallet covers, woven polypropylene bags, Ecolab drums, vineyard nets and twine. The collected farm plastics are recycled into new products like pest traps, rubbish bins, and Tuffboard. In South Taranaki Riverlea Contractors LTD are the local Plasback contracting company. Check out the Riverlea website Plasback page for contact info and to request collection pricing.