Dive Brief:
- Florida Agricultural Plastic Recyclers LLC announced that it has begun to reprocess agricultural film.
- The company, based in Avon Park, FL, has started operations surrounding shredding and washing used LDPE film collected throughout the state.
- Joe Miceli, the president of the company, said it already has orders for all of the recycled product it can produce for the next two years.
Dive Insight:
States like Vermont are coming up with solutions to tackle the waste generated via farming by creating programs that aid farmers in the reduction of agricultural waste. A statewide pilot program gave farmers the opportunity to recycle agricultural plastics, eliminating the expense of having the materials hauled away.
A landfill in California, in an effort to encourage sustainability practices surrounding agricultural waste, offers a cost-effective, environmentally conscious way to recycle plastics used in the industry.