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Agricultural Plastic Film Recycling: Feasibility and Options in the Central Leatherstocking-Upper Catskill Region of New York State

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AgFilmRecyFeasibility-05Red.pdf (1.81 MB)
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https://hdl.handle.net/1813/33176
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Agricultural Plastics Recycling
Author
Levitan, Lois C.
Cox, David G.
Clarvoe, Martha B.
Abstract

This report focuses on the plastic films used in dairy agriculture (#4 LDPE and LLDPE, low density polyethylene resins) with some attention to polypropylene baling twine; nursery/greenhouse films; and non-agricultural plastic films used in the study area. The geographical focus is the Central Leatherstocking-Upper Catskill region of New York State, particularly the southern portion within a 30-mile radius of Oneonta, NY (Otsego County). The rationale for these product-type and geographic foci is that the Central Leatherstocking-Upper Catskill region is a dairying area where agricultural plastics recycling has sparked the interest of local citizenry, the farm and recycling communities, government agency personnel, and policy-makers as a means to reduce environmental and health risks of open burning and possibly as a means for generating value-added economic activity. This report builds on prior research reported in Recycling Agricultural Plastics in New York State (Levitan and Barros 2003).

Sponsorship
New York State Department of Economic Development, Environmental Services Unit; Cornell University, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences; and USDA Smith-Lever funds awarded by Cornell Cooperative Extension.
Date Issued
2005-01
Publisher
Recycling Agricultural Plastics Project (RAPP), Cornell University
Keywords
Agricultural Films
Type
technical report

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