According to the Western Producer, western Canadian farmers use 12,000-16,000 grain bags every year, mostly in Saskatchewan. Each of these weighs between 135 and 315 kg. Add to that the twine, silage bags, bale wrap and there's a lot of agricultural plastic out there. Farmers have few choices (most of them bad) for handling this material. Various groups have been calling for action, looking for more environmentally responsible solutions. 

The Saskatchewan Waste Reduction Council is hosting a workshop on Options for Recycling Agricultural Plastics
    Wednesday, January 20th, 9:30a.m. - 3:00p.m.
    at the Confederation Inn in Saskatoon. 
The program includes:
    -Trends in Ag Plastics in Saskatchewan
    -Alberta’s Ag Plastic Recycling Pilot Program — Christina Seidel, Recycling Council of Alberta
    -The Pesticide Container Recycling Program—how it works and what we can learn from it — Barry Friesen, CleanFARMS
    -Who wants ag plastic? We do — Bevan May, The Plastics Place
    -The Moose Jaw Watershed Ag Plastics Recycling Pilot — Tammy Myers, Moose Jaw River Watershed Stewards (tentative)
    -Discussion/Interactive Session -Collection options; -Financing options; -How to move forward

This is an opportunity for people concerned about agricultural plastics to have input and work on a solution together. 

More details are included in the attached registration form. To register, open the file, fill in the form and submit by email (use the 'submit' button in the top right-hand corner of the file), or fax the completed form to 306-665-2128. Please feel free to forward this email.  Martha HollingerSWRC(306) 931-3242