July 15, 2024 • 4 mins
Agrecovery, New Zealand’s accredited product stewardship scheme operator for farm plastics, is excited to announce the launch of its latest initiative, the recycling of wool fadges. This new scheme aims to significantly advance recycling efforts within the wool industry by responsibly processing High-Density Polyethylene (HDPE) wool fadges into recycled materials.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
From the rugby field to the rotary shed.
Speaker 2 (00:02):
It's the Country Sport Breakfast with Brian Kelly on gold
Sport Well joining us on the show now as chief
Executive Tony Wilson. Morning, Tony, good morning. You've just announced
you're launching the latest initiative, which is the recycling of
wolf fagers. So for city slackers who probably don't know
what a will lane.
Speaker 1 (00:23):
Sure thing. Well, it's a rather large hdpe woven a
big bag that is used to hold in transport wall
between the farm all the way through the wool industry,
very very strong bag. The wall is put in there
and it's compressed and it's used to hold that world
as it moves around.
Speaker 2 (00:43):
Right, Okay, so you have just come up with a
recycling scheme for wolf fagers. How long does a would
a wolf edge last?
Speaker 1 (00:50):
Normally it's actually quite exciting. They don't just use times
two or three times and get them repaired each time.
But at a certain time it gets to a point
where it loses its intensity of structural intensity, so it
has to be sentral recycling. So roughly two to three
times it can be reused.
Speaker 2 (01:06):
Okay, So now you are going to recycle and talk
us through the process what happens to them.
Speaker 1 (01:11):
Absolutely. So the wolf edgeres are centralized in two locations
within New Zealand, and what we're looking to do there
is ship that down to Recycle South, which is a
disability agency down in Indoicargo who have purchased some special
equipment that are able to shred and then cut the
plastic HDP and send it for recycling domestically, which is
(01:32):
absolutely fantastic.
Speaker 2 (01:33):
So farmers are in New Zealand, I mean they've been
using wolf fedgeres forever. Really basically they're like a wool bale,
aren't they.
Speaker 1 (01:40):
Yeah, absolutely, absolutely, they're really. I mean the whole system
is really good as it gets. There's a level of
repurposing of them that goes out to the farmers into
me myself when I do my gardening and stuff. So
they are a really good structurally in heavy duty HDP
plastics at the last long time.
Speaker 2 (01:56):
So when you I mean you've mentioned there HDPE places,
so I mean prior to that, were they were made
of like a sacking material?
Speaker 1 (02:03):
Would they various materials? Yeah, some have Nilon on them
and stuff like that. But we're only doing the HDPE
which is becoming more of the standard within the wool industry.
Speaker 2 (02:12):
So how long have you been doing it for now?
Speaker 1 (02:15):
Oh, we've started late last year in trials. We need
to obviously trial it's got lenand and I know it's
quite a dirty material once it's been through the system
a couple of times, so we need to go through
the process with recycled South to make sure that the
pellets that they get out the other end is able
to be recycled into another plastic. So well over six months,
(02:36):
but probably had eight or nine months here.
Speaker 2 (02:38):
And the plastics the pellets for resale, what would they
be used for.
Speaker 1 (02:44):
Well, they can be used for a lot of stuff.
At the moment, we're just wanting to get them recycled.
They will be sold onto the recycling market, but it
really depends on the quality because you'll still be a
level of dust within that pellett, or like to be
a level of dust within that pellet, so it'll be
used for things like moisture protection barriers, things like that.
Speaker 2 (03:04):
I imagine there'd be a hell of a lot of
them floating around the farms of New Zealand.
Speaker 1 (03:08):
Well, yeah, there is. I think it's about a hundred
tone that enters the market each year. But I think
it's really good what we've seen as the approach that
we've taken. This helps the whole by making the wall
sector more sustainable, also helps the cheap industry to be
more sustainable as a byproduct. But what I find interesting
is that the whole process that's been done for years
(03:29):
is exactly as you say, is that they get repurposed
out onto farms for other things, which is really good.
Speaker 2 (03:34):
Yeah, and I believe that this is the start of
the innovation that you've got planned and in the wolf
Edge space at the moment for meg Recovery.
Speaker 1 (03:43):
Yes, yes, working with the wool industry on coming up
with new ideas on how to handle the bags or
design the bag so we can get more recyclability out
of the more lotivity out of them. It's part of
the circular economy where it's good now that they can
get used to there's always to make it even better.
Speaker 2 (04:01):
Fantastic, Well well done to your company agg Recovery and
recovering and recycling the wolf Edge as well done, Tony.
Speaker 1 (04:08):
Thank you very much. I appreciate your time.
Speaker 2 (04:09):
Absolute pleasure. A Recovery is Chief Executive Tony Wilson here
on the Country Sport Breakfast
From the rugby field to the rotary shed.
Speaker 2 (00:02):
It's the Country Sport Breakfast with Brian Kelly on gold
Sport Well joining us on the show now as chief
Executive Tony Wilson. Morning, Tony, good morning. You've just announced
you're launching the latest initiative, which is the recycling of
wolf fagers. So for city slackers who probably don't know
what a will lane.
Speaker 1 (00:23):
Sure thing. Well, it's a rather large hdpe woven a
big bag that is used to hold in transport wall
between the farm all the way through the wool industry,
very very strong bag. The wall is put in there
and it's compressed and it's used to hold that world
as it moves around.
Speaker 2 (00:43):
Right, Okay, so you have just come up with a
recycling scheme for wolf fagers. How long does a would
a wolf edge last?
Speaker 1 (00:50):
Normally it's actually quite exciting. They don't just use times
two or three times and get them repaired each time.
But at a certain time it gets to a point
where it loses its intensity of structural intensity, so it
has to be sentral recycling. So roughly two to three
times it can be reused.
Speaker 2 (01:06):
Okay, So now you are going to recycle and talk
us through the process what happens to them.
Speaker 1 (01:11):
Absolutely. So the wolf edgeres are centralized in two locations
within New Zealand, and what we're looking to do there
is ship that down to Recycle South, which is a
disability agency down in Indoicargo who have purchased some special
equipment that are able to shred and then cut the
plastic HDP and send it for recycling domestically, which is
(01:32):
absolutely fantastic.
Speaker 2 (01:33):
So farmers are in New Zealand, I mean they've been
using wolf fedgeres forever. Really basically they're like a wool bale,
aren't they.
Speaker 1 (01:40):
Yeah, absolutely, absolutely, they're really. I mean the whole system
is really good as it gets. There's a level of
repurposing of them that goes out to the farmers into
me myself when I do my gardening and stuff. So
they are a really good structurally in heavy duty HDP
plastics at the last long time.
Speaker 2 (01:56):
So when you I mean you've mentioned there HDPE places,
so I mean prior to that, were they were made
of like a sacking material?
Speaker 1 (02:03):
Would they various materials? Yeah, some have Nilon on them
and stuff like that. But we're only doing the HDPE
which is becoming more of the standard within the wool industry.
Speaker 2 (02:12):
So how long have you been doing it for now?
Speaker 1 (02:15):
Oh, we've started late last year in trials. We need
to obviously trial it's got lenand and I know it's
quite a dirty material once it's been through the system
a couple of times, so we need to go through
the process with recycled South to make sure that the
pellets that they get out the other end is able
to be recycled into another plastic. So well over six months,
(02:36):
but probably had eight or nine months here.
Speaker 2 (02:38):
And the plastics the pellets for resale, what would they
be used for.
Speaker 1 (02:44):
Well, they can be used for a lot of stuff.
At the moment, we're just wanting to get them recycled.
They will be sold onto the recycling market, but it
really depends on the quality because you'll still be a
level of dust within that pellett, or like to be
a level of dust within that pellet, so it'll be
used for things like moisture protection barriers, things like that.
Speaker 2 (03:04):
I imagine there'd be a hell of a lot of
them floating around the farms of New Zealand.
Speaker 1 (03:08):
Well, yeah, there is. I think it's about a hundred
tone that enters the market each year. But I think
it's really good what we've seen as the approach that
we've taken. This helps the whole by making the wall
sector more sustainable, also helps the cheap industry to be
more sustainable as a byproduct. But what I find interesting
is that the whole process that's been done for years
(03:29):
is exactly as you say, is that they get repurposed
out onto farms for other things, which is really good.
Speaker 2 (03:34):
Yeah, and I believe that this is the start of
the innovation that you've got planned and in the wolf
Edge space at the moment for meg Recovery.
Speaker 1 (03:43):
Yes, yes, working with the wool industry on coming up
with new ideas on how to handle the bags or
design the bag so we can get more recyclability out
of the more lotivity out of them. It's part of
the circular economy where it's good now that they can
get used to there's always to make it even better.
Speaker 2 (04:01):
Fantastic, Well well done to your company agg Recovery and
recovering and recycling the wolf Edge as well done, Tony.
Speaker 1 (04:08):
Thank you very much. I appreciate your time.
Speaker 2 (04:09):
Absolute pleasure. A Recovery is Chief Executive Tony Wilson here
on the Country Sport Breakfast
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