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From waste to added value. Did you know that rinsed packaging from agrochemical products –especially from HDPE plastic – is recycled into electrical cable sheathing? You are making a worthwhile contribution to a more sustainable world when you hand in the empty packaging for your plant protection products to AgriRecover, which organises its collection.
Free collections take place across all of Belgium at some 150 collection points, quite often at distributors. You can return rinsed packaging every year. For NUPPP (i.e. non-usable plant protection products) this is every two years, on odd-numbered years. Collection is carried out by authorised, independent waste processing companies.
SUSTAINABLY TOGETHER
Many of our partners and members collaborate to ensure that all agrochemical packaging is optimally collected and processed. Many parties collaborate to achieve the common goal of ecological agriculture and a sustainable world. These include plant protection product manufacturers, fertiliser product manufacturers, recycling parks, agricultural and garden product distributors and the government jointly with farmers.
HOW TO RETURN THE WASTE?
The AgriRecover bags are available from distributors of plant protection products. The free collections take place throughout Belgium, mostly at distributors. Bid with you barcode and attach your AgriRecover bags to a collection site. You can choose them freely, regardless of your supplier. You don't need an invitation either.
You can find the dates and locations on the website well in time and, if you register, you will also receive them. The collection is carried out by recognized and independent waste treatment companies. Are you going to hand in empty packaging for the first time as a company? Pre-register with your VAT number via this link.
PRIMARY AND SECONDARY PACKAGING
As a professional user, you are required to hand in primary packaging. These include containers, drums, aluminium foil and cardboard that come into direct contact with the product. For secondary packaging, such as boxes for multiple containers, there is no requirement to hand these in, but you can do so. Was a product spilt on it? That makes it primary packaging that must be handed in a bag for non-rinseable fractions.
When you sort fractions properly, you can hand it in for free. Otherwise, AgriRecover will have to charge on the costs to you:
- Administrative fee of €20
- Processing fee of €15/bag
GETTING TO KNOW PACKAGING
COUNT ON AGRIRECOVER
For more than 25 years, AgriRecover has coordinated the collection of empty agrochemical packaging and used plant protection products from all professional users.
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FARMERS
Belgium has more than 35,000 farms. We collaborate with the farmers on sustainable agriculture efficiently collecting agrochemical packaging.
MEMBERS
AgriRecover has more than 60 members. Our goal is the optimal processing of packaging waste jointly with all manufacturers of plant protection products, fertilisers, biocides, biostimulants and seeds.
COLLECTION POINTS
AgriRecover can count on our collaboration with some 150 collection points for the collection of agrochemical packaging.
