Collection Days

R.M. of Caledonia

Milestone, SK

Thursday & Friday, March 11th &12th, 2010

9 am - 4 pm

You are invited to paricipate in the first agriculture plastic recycling pilot in Saskatchewan at the R.M. of Caledonia's shop on March 11th and 12th. This free event allows watershed residents to dispose of agriculture plastics in an environmentally friendly manner. For more information and to register contact Tammy at 691-3399.

ACCEPTED MATERIALS

Grain Bags:

• Please clean off as much soil, mud and grain as possible. Although this is easy to deal with it adds weight to the plastic and therefore incresing handling costs when shipping to the recycling facility.
• Please roll plastic into a log-type form. Compact materials make for easier transport, lower cost and make it easier for everyone to handle.
• Do not roll any foreign materials with the grain bags.
• Keep grain bags and twine separate as they will be sorted at the collection day.
• Suggestions: as the grain bags are emptied and stored, store them on wooden pallets to prevent freezing solid to the ground. Place tires on top of items to prevent them from blowing away.
• Tires will not be accepted at the collection day.

Twine:

• Twine must be bagged. In order to avoid the landfill, the materials must be bagged to prevent tangling and store in a bag size which can be handled easily. Barrel sized bags such as minibulk bags, triple rinse bags, 4 mil thick plastic bags, etc.
• SHAKE IT!! Try to shake off as much soil, hay, straw and other foreign material as possible. They add to the weight and therefore the handling costs. The materials are difficult to remove with equipment.

MATERIALS NOT ACCEPTED:

Any other plastic other than those mentioned above such as:

• No tires
• No net wrap (unknown resin tupes make recycling difficult)
• No silage wrap
• No feed bags
• No greenhouse plastic