Modern Farmer
MARCH 6, 2024
“My weekly visits to the local farmers’ markets still find an overabundance and reliance on plastic pint containers of berries, single-use plastic bags,and straws! I thought we were done with straws, really?” Perhaps most importantly, it’s cheaper to manufacture and transport than alternatives. Plastic is truly everywhere.
The Farmers Daughter USA
JUNE 12, 2023
Although most of us imagine that it has something to do with swapping plastic straws for paper straw, it’s something that goes much further. Farmers can collaborate with renewable plastic manufacturers or participate in local bioplastics production, contributing to a circular economy that integrates agriculture and industry.
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Civil Eats
APRIL 29, 2024
The USDA’s National Organic Program (NOP) currently requires compost to be derived from plant and animal materials, such as manure, food scraps, leaves, and straw. The petition to include these materials is because manufacturers are looking for a way to easily dispose of these products.
Sustainable Food Trust
APRIL 10, 2024
For starters, there is a basic lack of waste facilities across the UK that deal with farm plastics and costs can be significant for some farmers, but the bigger problem lies in the fact that there is little ‘closed-loop’ recyclability in the way these plastics are manufactured.
Modern Farmer
MARCH 4, 2024
Speckled with straw-like remnants of disintegrated butts, PuriFungi’s bloomy rind-covered ashtrays have steadily caught the eyes of municipal officials and event organizers looking to promote awareness—and develop outlets—for proper cigarette disposal.
Civil Eats
DECEMBER 4, 2023
By enlisting stakeholders—from small to large-scale growers, product manufacturers, and service providers that provide on-farm plastics collection and retrieval—through awareness and incentivized action, the regional waste management district has vastly increased the collection and recycling of drip tape and plastic film, says Mejia-Muñoz.
Modern Farmer
MARCH 1, 2024
Cheap and easy to make, it’s still the fastest-growing group of fibers used to manufacture garments. The difficulty, and the stage most of these startups are now, is in scaling manufacturing. The manufacture of next-gen fibers requires giant fermentation vats and skilled workers. What’s the solution?
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