The Rural Voice, 2006-08, Page 25A chair constructed of Baleboard
demostrates the way the product
can be shaped.
plant within 200 km of the source of
supply. He can see five plants similar
to this one in different parts of
Canada alone.
Before that can happen however,
there has to be more support for
recycling from the Ontario Ministry
of the Environment, he says. The
problem of bale wrap hasn't gotten
much attention from the ministry and
so there isn't much help for recycling
efforts. "The public doesn't know
how much (bale wrap) is out there,"
Sparks says.
The frustrations of dealing with
government made dealing with the
farmers on the AAC board that much
more refreshing. AAC board and
staff have shown their interest all
along the way and had a private tour
of the facility when it opened. When
the plant was being planned, AAC
came through with another $30,000
grant plus a $200,000 loan through
CanAdvance.
"Working with farmers is a
pleasure," says Sparks. As a self -
defined "city boy", he says it has
been a revelation going onto farms
and seeing what farmers do and he
thinks everyone should visit a farm to
learn more about where their food
comes from. "We take for granted
what these people do."
So far it's been a mutually
beneficial partnership between the
farming community and Think
Plastics. The test will be to see if the
market develops for Baleboard,
turning those miles of plastic, used in
wrapping bales, into a sought-after
product instead of an environmental
headache.0
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