Recycling Agricultural Plastics Project (RAPP) Life-Cycle Stewardship of Agricultural Plastics http://environmentalrisk.cornell.edu/AgPlastics Major funding for RAPP is currently from the NYS Environmental Protection Fun administered by the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation (NYDEC). Funding has also come from the NY Farm Viability Institute, Cornell Cooperative Extension Administration, US EPA Region II, USDA Rural Development, and Cornell Department of Communication, with invaluable in-kind contributions from RAPP partners.
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Recycling Agricultural Plastics
Project (RAPP)Life-Cycle Stewardship of Agricultural Plastics
http://environmentalrisk.cornell.edu/AgPlastics
Major funding for RAPP is currently from the NYS Environmental Protection Fun administered by the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation (NYDEC). Funding has also come from the NY Farm Viability Institute, Cornell Cooperative Extension Administration, US EPA Region II, USDA Rural Development, and Cornell Department of Communication, with invaluable in-kind contributions from RAPP partners.
Chenango County Farms
• over 70 dairy farms • average plastic wrap weighs 3 - 3.5 lbs.• Smaller farms produce > 1,000 lbs. agricultural
plastics/year
Note: larger farms using more plastic would produce more
What falls under the agricultural plastics umbrella?
Most plastics from farms are dirty, bulky, dispersed across a rural landscape and may have residues
Photos: Lois Levitan, RAPP
What is the Recycling
Agricultural Plastics Project (RAPP)?
RAPP is a program based at Cornell University which works with local CCE educators to aid in the proper recycling of agricultural plastics
What is the Recycling Agricultural Plastics Project (RAPP)?
Since 2009, RAPP has coordinated the collection of nearly 1 million pounds of used plastic that would otherwise be sent to landfills, burned in open fires on farms or left behind in the fields.
Photo from:The Post Standard
What is the Recycling Agricultural Plastics Project (RAPP)?
RAPP currently collaborates with numerous agencies, organizations, businesses and farmers across NY to recycle plastics into sidewalk pavers, plastic lumber, oil and other products!
Baleboard®
North Brook Farms, Inc
How NYS Ag Plastics Recycling Works
• RAPP, CCE, SWCD, waste managements and other recycling agencies and businesses work together to help spread the recycling message, teach best management practices and carry out the collection of the plastic
• With farm staff assisting with loading the baler and RAPP operating it, 1000 pounds of film can be compacted into a bale in about 30 minuets.
• Finished bales are accumulated locally and then move to market
Ag Plastics Recycling with RAPP
What RAPP DoesOn-farm education: preparing plastic for recycling, incorporating recycling into farm routine, operating compaction equipment
Cultivate market options appropriate for agricultural plastics feedstock