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#1  :  Mastagard and Agpac recycle together

#2  :  Agpac's second baler christened

#3  :  Waste Minz Conference 2009

#4  :  West Coast Collections

#5  :  All Fonterra Home farms join recycling programme

#6  :  South Island Field Days

#7  :  Ashburton show

#8  :  Youth Hostels NZ boost recycling with Urba Plus

#9  :  Agpac add new baler to their recycling scheme

#10  :  Blenheim Waste Minz Conference

#11  :  Australasian Campuses Towards Sustainability

#12  :  Huge increase in volumes in Waikato

#13  :  Enviro 08 Melbourne

#14  :  Agpac and JCB Contracting attend Fairlie Show

#15  :  First collections for South Island

#16  :  Fonterra Farmlink article

#17  :  Agpac carry out first collections in the Waikato

#18  :  Solway Recycling wins another award

A first for New Zealand

In a first for New Zealand Agpac and their recycling partner, Mastagard, have recycled the farm films collected through Agpac's Product Stewardship scheme in New Zealand. Mastagard's General Manager, Sebastian Stapleton, said "At best estimate 4000 tonnes of used agricultural film is being burnt or buried in New Zealand's landscape every year, something no one can be proud of. Mastagard now has the only facility in this country that can wash, dry and extrude agricultural film. We can process more than 4000 tonnes per year converting it into high quality plastic pellets" The Mastagard reprocessing plant also has the ability to handle agrichemical plastics and Agpc will expand its recycling programme to include agrichemical containers in the New Year.

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