Recycling
AGRICULTURAL
PLASTICS RECYCLING EVENTS FALL 2009
Bring dry, clean (remove loose material) plastic nursery
pots and flats, soil amendment bags, drip irrigation tape,
mulch film, tunnel film, silage plastic and hay bale
stretch wrap will be accepted at no cost.
Saturday September 19th 2009
AG PLASTICS RECYCLING ON SAN JUAN ISLAND
Location: Fairgrounds Boy Scout building 12-5 pm
Monday September 21st 2009
AG PLASTICS RECYCLING ON LOPEZ ISLAND
Location: Lopez Solid Waste Facility 12-5 pm
Tuesday September 22nd 2009
AG PLASTICS RECYCLING ON ORCAS ISLAND
Location: Orcas Island Solid Waste Facility 12-5 pm
For more information contact Helen Venada at (360) 370-0503
Recycled ag plastics become feedstock in the manufacture of
automotive parts, tool handles, drain pipe and trash bags
as well as plastic lumber for benches, flooring, pallets,
decking, posts and pilings.
It is estimated that plastics can take up to 400 years to
break down in landfills; farmers and gardeners from the San
Juan Islands have diverted from landfill about 45 tons of
ag plastics over the last two years’ recycling collections.
Burning plastics is illegal; it creates highly toxic fumes
that are especially harmful to people with asthma,
allergies, or other respiratory/cardiac problems.
THANK YOU FOR RECYCLING!
Helen Venada, SJC Solid Waste Division
Candace Jagel, WSU Extension Office
Kris Bayas, WSU Master Gardeners Program
Eliza Buck, SJC Agricultural Resources Committee
Danna Kinsey, San Juan Islands Conservation District
Bruce Gregory, San Juan Islands Conservation
District
Recycling at
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Computers
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