Edmonton researcher Emma Stephens is on a mission to revolutionize agriculture, not through new crops or technologies, but by reimagining waste.
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Are there opportunities to upcycle in the canola value chain?
Researcher looks for ways to upcycle products in the canola value chain using circular economy
Prizes offered for recycling baler twine in Alberta
Glacier FarmMedia – Participants in a new twine collection effort stand to win $3,000 each for 4-H or their favourite agricultural organization or charity. With $12,000 in total cash prizes, the Great Twine Round-Up is a province-wide initiative to promote the recycling of used plastic baler twine. The more bags of twine each participant drops […] Read more
Families preserved, conserved and recycled in wartime
These are the minimum daily requirements of the foods necessary to protect health:
For rural prairie families who had endured the crop failures, economic depression, unemployment and drought of the 1930s, the rationing, recycling and preserving that were demanded during the Second World War were not much different. With the declaration of war in 1939, there was an immediate demand for food, soldiers, workers and military supplies. Many […] Read more
Company turns tired tires into fertilizer
Zinc in your truck and tractor tires may someday be extracted and re-purposed as fertilizer, according to Titan Tire Reclamation, which is doing exactly that in the Fort McMurray, Alta., oilsands. In an email interview with Paul Newton, owner of Saskatoon Wholesale Tire, the Titan dealer said waste tires have been a major environmental concern […] Read more
Grain bag handling fee reduced
Saskatchewan farmers are proving themselves to be keen grain bag recyclers. Even though they aren’t refunded the fees they pay when they buy plastic grain bags, most farmers are willing to support the grain bag recycling program. “For a four-year-old program, that’s a really impressive collection rate,” said Kim Timmer, the director of stakeholder relations […] Read more
Recycle everything but the paint
If 90 percent of the world’s iron and steel gets smelted and made into new steel, then the rail industry scores high with 100 percent converted into new steel. The Gerdau Steel Mill in Selkirk, Man., buys and recycles about 1,000 out-of-commission rail cars every year, according to a senior manager who wishes to remain […] Read more
Grain bag recycler says shut out of business
Sask. firm that collects and recycles ag plastic and then resells new products refuses to pay environmental handling fee
A Yorkton, Sask., business operator says the provincial government is stifling his entrepreneurial efforts with its regulations around grain bag recycling. However, the government says there is a place for Dallon Leger and EcoGenX if he follows the rules. Leger began EcoGenX years ago after working on a farm where they burned the bags. He […] Read more
Plastic chemical container recycling program on track
Canadian farmers and ranchers returned more than 5.5 million plastic-based chemical and fertilizer jugs for recycling in 2020, roughly matching the number of returns made in 2019. The figure was contained in a 2020 annual report prepared by Cleanfarms, a non-profit environmental stewardship organization focused on managing and recycling agricultural waste products such as chemical […] Read more
Baler twine added to bag and jug recycling
The federal government is investing $1.1 million in Cleanfarms, a non-profit company that helps farmers recycle pesticide containers, grain bags and other plastic waste. Part of the funds will support a pilot project in Saskatchewan to collect baler twine for recycling. In Saskatchewan alone, farmers use 1,100 to 1,300 tonnes of baler twine per year. […] Read more
Battery recycling program for Sask.
Saskatchewan will implement a battery recycling program beginning Jan. 1. The 73 SARCAN collection depots, along with other designated sites, will accept single-use and rechargeable consumer batteries that weigh less than five kilograms each, excluding lead acid batteries. The program will be operated by a non-profit environmental stewardship organization called Call2Recycle Canada. It has been […] Read more
