Waste farm plastic in West Midlands

Wheatland

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Arable Farmer
Location
Shropshire
hi, can anyone recommend a cost effective waste recycling site preferably in Shropshire or surrounding counties.

It's just fertiliser bags and ag-chem containers. I'm happy to deliver it
 

steveR

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Mixed Farmer
hi, can anyone recommend a cost effective waste recycling site preferably in Shropshire or surrounding counties.

It's just fertiliser bags and ag-chem containers. I'm happy to deliver it

I use PG Skips near Wem. Nice family firm and OKish prices for a IW trailer load of farm plastics. Maybe call first??
 
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haymaker80

Member
Location
Stafford
hi, can anyone recommend a cost effective waste recycling site preferably in Shropshire or surrounding counties.

It's just fertiliser bags and ag-chem containers. I'm happy to deliver it

A rep from A.R.Richards at tern hill dropped a glossy brochure in last week, they take farm waste. £135/ton for mixed plastic, 100 if it's separated. We used to take ours to downings in Stafford but they closed last year so I'm after somewhere else to take ours now
 

steveR

Member
Mixed Farmer
I use PG Skips, think it was about £225 for a 8 cube skip dropped in my yard for a week or so, pack a lot in by leaving the manitou bucket on it over night.

I recommended them to my neighbour who was "tidying up the yard" last year. I told him to leave a 600kg bag of fertiliser overnight on the skip ;) I do this to get more wrap into dumpy bags...
 
I recommended them to my neighbour who was "tidying up the yard" last year. I told him to leave a 600kg bag of fertiliser overnight on the skip ;) I do this to get more wrap into dumpy bags...
Yes, any weight will do, I see one firm on the industrial estate has a skip for plastic waste and a concrete Lego block they lift in with the forklift on a chain.
 

goodevans

Member
I lay some square bales out on the yard with one missing in the middle ,and then place bale back on at night(strings already laid out on floor) after chucking bags or wrap in as you go along.you end up with a nice bale
 

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