Farm Plastic

Zippy768

Member
Mixed Farmer
Location
Dorset/Wilts
When I was at Uni there was great excitement about biodegradable silage wrap and film. Great idea.

But that was 13 years ago and no progress. What medium will break it down I've no idea as we need it stored for a long while so that rules out UV.

Every winter I say the same thing: why is there not edible net wrap? Surely it is possible
 

An Gof

Member
Location
Cornwall
We had plastic picked this week all mixed dry in dump bags paid £135 a tonne, and a generous tonne, but that is the last they are picking up, stopping all collection end of Dec. I'm looking at putting clamp in, and a bulk bay for sawdust rather than bales, trying to reduce all plastic use, pees me off when you buy pallets of blocks or steaks and come wrapped in it!

Who was that with, PM if you prefer, thinking I should get rid of some now.
 
I'm going to try hiring a skip it's 168 pounds incuding vat, should hold a fair bit
Yeah i tried that. 2 issues are...
1. Sticking it in landfill, may aswell just burn on farm.
2. They dont want it, so weigh in in and charge a fortune, to still just bury the stuff.
Have you told the skip company what its for? As soon as i gave my address for details and mentioned farm, the convosation changed
 

Rob Holmes

Moderator
BASIS
I sent 4 tons of mixed plastic (bale wrap, fert/seed bags and chem drums) to Peak Waste last week, no problem, apparently it's going to Holland now for recycling, previously it went to China for burning
 

scholland

Member
Location
ze3
We need to be able to burn it for energy like other European countries do.

Makes more sense than chopping down tree's chipping them then drying them. For burning for energy.

Emissions can be filtered.

In Scotland we've been allowed to burn it on farm in licensed incinerators up till now. But that stops end of 2018.
Our local incinerator, which does waste for energy for the local town, has decided to take bale plastic.
 

Bald Rick

Moderator
Livestock Farmer
Location
Anglesey
Far as I know, Potters at Welshpool are still taking it and Birch are to restart next year. Not been stoppped yet from delivering to our local drop off
 

jimmer

Member
Location
East Devon
Problem is we are our own worst enemy sometimes
*Hypocrite alert*
Why don't we take plastic off of bales and roll up nicely so it's clean
Silage sheet is usually clean untill it is cut and thrown on the pit floor ,driven over to get the tyres then rolled or folded up
Then we moan when companies won't take dirty or mixed plastics
On my visits to Holland I only saw pristinely clean farm yards with no detritus and plastic blowing around
Many of us have a lot to learn
 

AndrewM

Member
BASIS
Location
Devon
took some silage wrap to mole valley this year. you have to buy their big bin bags to put it in, £4 for 10, get 20-30 bales worth in each bag, then its free to dispose of, need to fill out waste transfer ticket, and register as a waste carrier to take it to the store.
will take Silage bale wrap, Silage sheets, Barrier sheets, Feed bags, only at Bridgwater, Cullompton, South Molton and Liskeard stores. bit of a pain, bagging it all up, but does save money.
 

scholland

Member
Location
ze3
Common sense!

Obviously lacking further south.

Remember a farmer I was spraying for gathering up the spray tins when he'd me in for tea and put them in burner in garage to heat water and house.
Ironically they have just started collecting recycling plastic from households, to meet government targets, now they don't have enough to burn so have to take bale wrap, not sure they're that keen on it. We will see.
 

vantage

Member
Livestock Farmer
Location
Pembs
Problem is we are our own worst enemy sometimes
*Hypocrite alert*
Why don't we take plastic off of bales and roll up nicely so it's clean
Silage sheet is usually clean untill it is cut and thrown on the pit floor ,driven over to get the tyres then rolled or folded up
Then we moan when companies won't take dirty or mixed plastics
On my visits to Holland I only saw pristinely clean farm yards with no detritus and plastic blowing around
Many of us have a lot to learn
Mine is clean and segregated but no obvious home as the recycling service(Birch) are not collecting and here there is no one else.
 

Tonka

Member
Location
N Yorkshire
Problem is we are our own worst enemy sometimes
*Hypocrite alert*
Why don't we take plastic off of bales and roll up nicely so it's clean
Silage sheet is usually clean untill it is cut and thrown on the pit floor ,driven over to get the tyres then rolled or folded up
Then we moan when companies won't take dirty or mixed plastics
On my visits to Holland I only saw pristinely clean farm yards with no detritus and plastic blowing around
Many of us have a lot to learn
Great comment jimmer. Couldn't agree more. Many farms in the UK and their presentation to the world is a complete embarrassment to the industry. Sadly the majority of farmers don't see it and don't care. First impressions?
 

Chae1

Member
Location
Aberdeenshire
Problem is we are our own worst enemy sometimes
*Hypocrite alert*
Why don't we take plastic off of bales and roll up nicely so it's clean
Silage sheet is usually clean untill it is cut and thrown on the pit floor ,driven over to get the tyres then rolled or folded up
Then we moan when companies won't take dirty or mixed plastics
On my visits to Holland I only saw pristinely clean farm yards with no detritus and plastic blowing around
Many of us have a lot to learn

Daresay the untidy farmers in Holland didn't invite you to visit.
 

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