New Jersey Department of Agriculture is kicking off its 12th year of its year-round nursery and greenhouse film collection and recycling program.
In 2007, 715,000 pounds of film were recycled by growers, resulting in saving of nearly $15,000 in landfill tipping fees. In addition, individual growers sold used film directly to vendors in 2008 for more than $32,000 and saved more than $11,000 in tipping fees. Since the program began, growers have recycled more than 5.5 million pounds of film.
Both white and clear nursery film and clear multiseason greenhouse film can be recycled. The Department of Agriculture also offers plastic pesticide container and drip irrigation tape recycling.
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For more: New Jersey Department of Agriculture, (609) 984-2506; www.nj.gov/agriculture/divisions/md/prog/recycling.html.
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