Farming Plastic from Farmers

Our shoot on Wednesday was just down the road in Salem.



Agri-Plas recycles millions of pounds of plastic every year, making it the state’s largest recycler...of agricultural plastic.

Yes, agricultural plastic.

From the twine that wraps hay bales…



…to the film that covers feed…



…to flower pots…



…farmers use a huge amount of plastic.



Allen showed us how Agri-Plas collect the materials from all over the state, then sort, clean and grind the plastic into raw materials for the auto industry and other plastic molders.



And business is good.



In the 4 or 5 hours we were there, deliveries included a flatbed of used plastic twine, a truckload of flower pots, a truckload of various household plastic, and boxes of old toys.



The only plastic Agri-Plas won’t touch: PVC.

Cryptic Moth would like to thank Allen for letting us roam freely around a very busy plant and for rigging a great jib-cam for the interview.



Gad finally got the forklift time he so richly deserved!



Unfortunately, the sun is now at our backs. Oregon is as far north – and west – as we go. Our next shoot isn’t for a week but it’s in Nebraska.



Stay tuned.

Out.

G+I



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