How best to handle agricultural waste plastics? - There are alternative materials and recycling programs already available, B.C. growers learn

摘要

The greenhouse sector likes to consider itself a green and clean industry. But with plastic pots, trays and polyethylene film among the top forms of waste agricultural plastic in British Columbia's lush Fraser Valley, the challenge is in how best to deal with these materials in the most environmentally sensitive way. In Holland, growers must reuse or recycle their waste plastic materials rather than throw them away. In the U.K., new agricultural waste regulations prohibit the burning or burying of waste plastic.