An ag plastics recycling pilot project will start accepting drop-offs later this month in Mid-Michigan as the first collection site in the state.

Tess Van Gorder with Michigan Farm Bureau tells Brownfield there has been strong interest from the ag community to recycle plastics like greenhouse and vegetable film, bale wraps, and silage covers, but there hasn’t been an outlet for producers.

“There’s a lot of it out there used by a variety of commodities and in different ways,” she says.

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