As plastic waste hits the headlines again, rural recycling programme Agrecovery is reassuring farmers and growers that it offers a complete and sustainable local solution for empty agrichemical containers and drums.
This plastic is collected from more than 80 sites and large-scale farms across the country and taken to Astron Plastics in Auckland, where it is reborn as underground cable cover and building materials to prevent rising damp.
Agrecovery's general manager Simon Andrew says the organisation' runs an effective business model, because "it's a closed-loop recycling solution".
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"All the plastic is handled and repurposed as building and roading materials for New Zealanders," he says.