Free Recycling Collection for Agricultural Plastics

The Franklin County Solid Waste Management District has received grant funding to conduct
a recycling collection for agricultural plastic. Permanent collection sites should be operational
by December in Charlemont, Deerfield, Greenfield, and Wendell. In the meantime, collection events will be held on October 6th and October 20th.

Acceptable for recycling: bale wrap, silage cover, greenhouse film, maple tubing and drip tape

Not acceptable for recycling: twine, netting, black plastic mulch, fumigation plastic, row cover, pots and trays

Please follow these directions to ensure we can recycle your plastic:
Step #1: Shake it out, shake off gravel, sand and loose dirt. Shake off organic material.
Step #2: Cut greenhouse film, maple tubing, and drip tape into 4’ lengths so it will fit in the baler. Cut all taps and connectors off maple tubing.
Step #3: Keep your plastic dry. You can deliver your plastic in sacks or loose but we must be able to unload and handle it.

**You must enter through the back gate off Petty Plain Rd to Cumberland Rd. Petty Plain Road is off Wisdom Way near the Fairgrounds Main Gate. Go to the end of Cumberland Rd. and through the gate. Collection will be across from the main building.