This event is part of
Hamilton Coleraine Railway Line Landcare Group Meeting Featuring Marni Barber as Guest Speaker. Plasback Program
Tuesday August 16th 2011
7.00p.m
Venue:
Hamilton (Please ring Secretary for details)
Members & Non Members Welcome
Featuring Guest Speaker
Marni Barber, Project Officer
PLASBACK PROGRAM
Farmers in south-west Victoria are being encouraged to adopt a new system for the sustainable disposal of farm plastic waste. A new south-west advocate has been appointed for the Plasback program which coordinates with suppliers, councils and industry groups to give farmers an environmentally-friendly way of disposing of plastic rather than burying or burning the waste. It is estimated between 150,000 and 200,000 tons of plastics go onto farms in Australia every year but less than 3 per cent is recycled. The Plasback program has a focus on silage wrap, silage pit covers and baling twine. Under the system farmers bag unwanted plastics into Plasback liners and drop them at council transfer stations. Marni is the project officer for plasback and will discuss the new system for disposal of farm plastics.
Supper Provided After Meeting
RSVP: August 14th
Secretary, Rowena Ford, 0407 507 575
Email Rowena_Ford@bigpond.com