Pesticide Container Recycling
Michigan and Nationwide Opportunities 2017 Agricultural Plastics Forum
February 14, 2017
Abigail Eaton MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE &
RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Presentation Format
• Ag Container Recycling Council– Background– Results
• Michigan Pesticide Container RecyclingProgram– Description– Results– How you can participate
• Audience questions and comments
The Ag Container Recycling Council
(ACRC) • What: A non-profit corporation formed in 1992 to
facilitate and manage the collection and recycling of one-way HDPE crop protection and other specialty pest control containers in a cost effective manner.
• Funding: Voluntary. Paid for by agricultural crop
protection product manufacturers and distributors who sell their products in HDPE containers
ACRC Mission Statement
The mission of the ACRC is to facilitate the collection and recycling of one-way rigid HDPE plastic agricultural crop protection, specialty pest control, micronutrient/fertilizer, and/or adjuvant product containers through member support of cost effective programs that foster public health and safety, environmental protection, resource conservation and end user convenience.
Plastic Flow
User
ACRC Approved End user
ACRC Approved Plastic processor
Promotes participation Education on cleaning
None
Funds contractors & administers compliance with terms
ACRC ROLE/RESPONSIBILITIES
ACRC identifies and approves
Distributors/Retailers Education on cleaning and program
Manufacturer Solicits as members
ACRC Contractor
Collection site hosts
ACRC identifies and approves
Membership in ACRC
• 38 Regular Members and 11 Affiliate Members in 2016
• Funded by member dues based on annual survey: – Companies report volume of HDPE plastic containers
put into relevant product lines. – Individual company sales data only known by ACRC
staff
• Each member’s dues are assessed as percent of total aggregate sales of all members
ADAMA Agricultural Solutions, Ltd. Albaugh, Inc. AMVAC Chemical Corporation Arysta LifeScience, LLC BASF Corporation Bayer Bayer HealthCare LLC Brandt Consolidated, Inc. Certis USA, LLC Dow AgroSciences, LLC DuPont Crop Protection Ensystex, Inc. Fine Americas, Inc. FMC Agricultural Products Gowan Company, LLC Helena Chemical Company Isagro USA Liphatech, Inc. Marrone Bio Innovations, Inc.
ACRC Membership 2016 Miller Chemical & Fertilizer Monsanto Company Nichino America, Inc. Nufarm Americas, Inc. Plant Food Systems, Inc. PBI/Gordon Corporation PROKoZ, Inc. RiceCo, LLC SePRO Corporation SipcamAdvan USA, Inc. Syngenta Crop Protection Tenkoz, Inc. TKI/NovaSource United Phosphorus, Inc. Valent Group of Companies Wilbur-Ellis Company Willowood USA, LLC Winfield Solutions, LLC Zoetis, Inc.
Financial Facts
• ACRC members pay ~ $0.12 per 2.5 gallon container • Invested > $70 million since 1993 • Recycled plastic value = $0.32/lb. • Cost to the end user is zero!
(Source: ACRC)
USAg Recycling
Agri-Plas G. Phillips & Sons,
LLC
ACRC Recycling Program
Interstate Ag Plastics
ACRC-Maine Program (2 baling sites) State of
Montana
Non ACRC programs
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ACRC Approved End Uses
How Much Is Being Recycled?
• 165,000,000 lbs recycled since 1992. Recentlythe program has been recycling an average of10,000,000 lbs annually.
• 2015 rate = 32% of material– 32.5 million lbs HDPE put into the market– 10.4 million lbs HDPE recycled
• US Ag Retailer participation rate = 20%Canada Ag Retailer = 80%+
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ACRC Service in Michigan
• Work in Cooperation with the MichiganAgriculture Environmental StewardshipProgram (MAEAP) – supply storage bags
• Previous Contractors: Tri-Rinse for 15 years,CSN for 8 years
• New contractor: G. Phillips & Sons, LLC• Accept all HDPE containers up to 55 gallon
drums
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Recycling Steps
END USE
STORAGE
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Michigan Pesticide Container Recycling 1.7 Million Pounds
Pesticide Container Recyling How To:
• What: Pesticide containers (HDPE) from 2.5gallon – 55 gallon drums
• Preparation: MUST be triple or pressurerinsed
• Parts and caps removed.• Label & booklet removed• Store in oversize plastic bags or tie together
with twine. Keep clean & dry.
Storage & Collection
• Place jugs in oversize plastic bags (contactMDARD) or
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• Tie jugs together with twine
Set up a pick-up/Find closest drop-off
• Contact G. Phillips and Sons:– Stacey Bruinsma: 248-961-3360,
[email protected]– General: 563-942-0391,
• www.gpsagrecycle.com – Check serviceschedule page to see where trucks will be.
• www.michigan.gov/pesticidecontainerrecycling
Other options
• Sponsor an open collection site for your areaproducers or industry
• Work with GPS to coordinate a “just in time”collection for producers or industry– Staff/volunteer will have to monitor condition of
incoming containers– Need to advertise
MDARD may fund 3-4 balers for regional placement
• Looking for possible locations– Must make sense from a volume standpoint– Must be willing to accept from producers and
competitors, if a business– Must be able to monitor container cleanliness
before entering the baler
A Few Words About IBCs (caged totes) – Mauser/National Container Group
Questions?
Michigan Department of Agriculture
@MichDeptofAg MIagriculture
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