Dallon Leger thought he was part of the solution. The entrepreneur from Yorkton, says he collected more than 1.8 million kilograms of used grain bags over the past few years, helping his neighbours deal with their mounting plastic problem. Leger’s business, EcoGenX, transported the grain bags to a company in the United States that would […]
The non-profit group Cleanfarms says Saskatchewan producers are recycling more and more plastic containers. Western region business manager, Shane Hedderson, says the 2020 annual report shows a significant rise in the amount of discarded plastic farm chemical containers going to collection locations for recycling. He adds the grain bag recycling program is very popular in […]
The number of grain bags being recycled is up 25 percent in Saskatchewan this year. Clean Farms operates the recycling program and stakeholder manager Kim Timmer says farmers in this province have turned in almost 16 hundred tons of used grain bags for recycling. That’s up from almost 13 hundred tons last year. She says […]
