The Arkansas based company, Revolution Plastics began it first dumpster dispersal in Minnesota.
A new recycling program will collect, at no cost to farmers, certain types of used agricultural film plastics which have come into widespread use to protect and store silage, haylage and other livestock feeds. The program also allows for the collection of boat wrap and horticultural film plastics.
The proliferation of these plastics has become a significant problem for farmers, recycling facilities and landfills alike due to the size and contamination levels in the plastics. A core group of central Minnesota counties, the Recycling Association of Minnesota and their partners have been working with companies like Revolution Plastics to bring sustainable, economical solutions to farmers all across Minnesota.
This marks a big step forward for recycling agricultural plastics in Minnesota and a huge step forward for Winona County with the first ever free, on-farm collection program. Farmers lined up with their trucks and flatbeds to pick up the 134 white dumpsters that Revolution Plastics and Winona County had staged at an old landfill site in Winona County.
Revolution Plastics had specialized equipment on site with which to load the 134 dumpsters onto the waiting farm vehicles and trailers.
The dispersal of recycling dumpsters by Revolution Plastics is part of the larger Recycling and Sustainable Management of Agricultural/Marine Plastics Project underway now in Minnesota, led by the Recycling Association of Minnesota and a group of central Minnesota Counties: Tri-County Solid Waste Administration serving Stearns, Benton and Sherburne counties, Pope-Douglas Solid Waste Management, Otter Tail County Solid Waste and Tri-County Solid Waste, serving Nicollet, Le Sueur and Sibley Counties with the assistance of a grant from the MPCA. Other major partners include Winona County, McLeod County, Minnesota Milk Producers and the Minnesota Department of Agriculture.
Published in the February 2017 Edition of American Recycler News