The Plan to Solve Bale Wrap Waste
In the News
Jul 2, 2021
Southland dairy company Fortuna Group is backing an exciting new project aimed at solving the region’s bale wrap problem.
Chief executive Matthew Richards aims to help raise $200,000 towards a new pelletising machine that Southland Disability Enterprises (SDE) plans to import from China at a cost of about $1.2 million.
The pelletiser would turn bale wrap, which is made from low-density polyethylene, into pellets which would then be used to produce heavy duty industrial plastics such as alkathene pipes.
Richards said bale wrap was a huge problem on farms as it could not be buried or burned, because of environmental reasons, and the only option was to store it.
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