Bale netting and the correct disposal of it!

WexTK

Hi all,

when I was growing up, we had twines holding bales together and of course the twines would be reused thereafter around the farm to tie bits and pieces.

Nowadays, we have this netting holding round bales of straw, silage etc... together. Once the netting is cut, it isn't very reusable to be fair....
What is the promoted correct way to dispose of this netting may I ask?

Regards!

Mad4simmental

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It
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Everywhere

Bodacious

WexTK wrote: »

Hi all,

when I was growing up, we had twines holding bales together and of course the twines would be reused thereafter around the farm to tie bits and pieces.

Nowadays, we have this netting holding round bales of straw, silage etc... together. Once the netting is cut, it isn't very reusable to be fair....
What is the promoted correct way to dispose of this netting may I ask?

Regards!

I throw it all in a feed bag and keep it dry and end of year put a match to it..


now that's until this year the recycling fella/company that take the plastic told me that they take it so I guess that would be more environmentally friendly option

Sami23

Put it in the dirty bin. (landfill)

AP2014

WexTK wrote: »

Hi all,

when I was growing up, we had twines holding bales together and of course the twines would be reused thereafter around the farm to tie bits and pieces.

Nowadays, we have this netting holding round bales of straw, silage etc... together. Once the netting is cut, it isn't very reusable to be fair....
What is the promoted correct way to dispose of this netting may I ask?

Regards!

Throw it in the ditch....have seen birds use it for nesting material as well. Gather up the plastic and burn it on a foggy morning.

Nekarsulm

Get two rowing boats and a 30 foot length of netwrap stretched between, and trawl your local lake..............

Genghis Cant

AP2014 wrote: »

Throw it in the ditch....have seen birds use it for nesting material as well. Gather up the plastic and burn it on a foggy morning.

Thankfully we've moved on from this sort of bolloxology.
It can all be recycled now.

Genghis Cant

Nekarsulm wrote: »

Get two rowing boats and a 30 foot length of netwrap stretched between, and trawl your local lake..............

That's the Pinot Noir talking B-)

AP2014

Genghis Cant wrote: »

Thankfully we've moved on from this sort of bolloxology.
It can all be recycled now.

We are at the stage where lads have hedges cut back so much they are dying and provide no cover for birds or wildlife. All I see is hedges and trees cut back as far as possible and electric fences around the place.

I'd prefer the odd overgrown hedge with some net in it and wildlife.

Genghis Cant

AP2014 wrote: »

Genghis Cant wrote: »

Thankfully we've moved on from this sort of bolloxology.
It can all be recycled now.

We are at the stage where lads have hedges cut back so much they are dying and provide no cover for birds or wildlife. All I see is hedges and trees cut back as far as possible and electric fences around the place.

I'd prefer the odd overgrown hedge with some net in it and wildlife.

I'd prefer plenty of unruly hedges with lots of biodiversity and neither baler wrap or netting in it.

AP2014

Genghis Cant wrote: »

I'd prefer plenty of unruly hedges with lots of biodiversity and neither baler wrap or netting in it.

Hopefully the new GLAS scheme might encourage it. I would burn the wrap instead of throwing it in the hedge though.

just do it

WexTK wrote: »

What is the promoted correct way to dispose of this netting may I ask?

Regards!

Keep it clean and separate from silage plastic and recycle it at the annual plastic collection service. Its not cheap to recycle though but that is the promoted correct way to dispose of it.

Genghis Cant

AP2014 wrote: »

Hopefully the new GLAS scheme might encourage it. I would burn the wrap instead of throwing it in the hedge though.

Waste Management (farm plastics) Regulations
Wouldn't encourage you to either burn or dump silage wrap in a hedge.
I suspect you know this but are either trying to be smart or controversial?

AP2014

Genghis Cant wrote: »

Waste Management (farm plastics) Regulations
Wouldn't encourage you to either burn or dump silage wrap in a hedge.
I suspect you know this but are either trying to be smart or controversial?

Just quick and cheap. Waste mgt regulations don't mean much to me.

Bodacious

AP2014 wrote: »

Just quick and cheap. Waste mgt regulations don't mean much to me.

AP2014 any chance you could scan and post up recycling receipts for 2014.. the boys and I would like to see them :-)

AP2014

Bodacious wrote: »

AP2014 wrote: »

AP2014 any chance you could scan and post up recycling receipts for 2014.. the boys and I would like to see them :-)

Ha, fortunately not, I can post up a few pictures of ashes though.

Bodacious

AP2014 wrote: »

Ha, fortunately not, I can post up a few pictures of ashes though.

only slagging you ;-)

Farmer

Nekarsulm wrote: »

Get two rowing boats and a 30 foot length of netwrap stretched between, and trawl your local lake..............

AP2014 wrote: »

Throw it in the ditch....have seen birds use it for nesting material as well. Gather up the plastic and burn it on a foggy morning.

Best laugh I've got since Charliebull solved the bale opening dilemma. We've got it all covered now. There's no need for any more round bale threads ever:D

kowtow

I'm not sure but I think we keep most of it in the weanlings.

Kovu

We've slowly been filling the cavity blocks with them......added bit of insulation to the walls in the calving pens :pac:

If they're removed & left to dry inside instead of fecking them outside, they scrunch up really small.

severeoversteer

in my mind I am thinking of strewing the bale net all over the place to help catch some crows which are being a real pest !

However on the other hand I think it may be very unsightly to all the tourists

blue5000

I tried desperately to find some use for it. I got three clean wraps with no tears in it and plaited them into rope about 20ft long. I still use the rope to tie 2 gates closed. But what to do with the other 2000? odd netwraps around the gaff?

I wonder what happens to the re-cycled stuff, is it just fecked into a landfill, or do they do what mad4sim suggested, or maybe they sell it back to us as fleecey jumpers?

Greengrass1

We light our furnace with the net wrap. The black wrap gets recycled

KatyMac

My mother used to plait great mats for cleaning wellies out of square hay bale string. I think she used the same technique as for making sugan (sorry about spelling) beehives and hen nests. They were mighty jobs.
I keep my bale nets scrunched up in an old rusty calf crate and recycle with the wrap in the spring - FRS does my recycling.

onyerbikepat

AP2014 wrote: »

Throw it in the ditch....have seen birds use it for nesting material as well. Gather up the plastic and burn it on a foggy morning.

AP2014 -
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emaherx

We fill tonne bags, the bags are made of the same type of nylon material as the nets and are then sent along with the plastic wraps for recycling. Recyclers take bag and nets together.

Tonne bags can be got easily as they are only rated for a single tonne delivery.

just do it

emaherx wrote: »

We fill tonne bags, the bags are made of the same type of nylon material as the nets and are then sent along with the plastic wraps for recycling. Recyclers take bag and nets together.

Tonne bags can be got easily as they are only rated for a single tonne delivery.

Similar, store and dispose of them in the half ton fertiliser bags.

just do it

Kovu wrote: »

We've slowly been filling the cavity blocks with them......added bit of insulation to the walls in the calving pens

Are you serious or pulling the mick?

valtraman

My understanding is that no recyclers will take net wrap at the moment as they cannot find a new home for it the last shipment was tutned back from a foreign port and cost recyclers a fortune landfill dont really want it either

valtraman

My understanding is that no recyclers will take net wrap at the moment as they cannot find a new home for it the last shipment was tutned back from a foreign port and cost recyclers a fortune landfill dont really want it either

braddun

most people do illegal burn at night

so helicopters don't catch them

Reggie.

just do it wrote: »

Are you serious or pulling the mick?

Well it would nearly make sense to me

Connemara Farmer

Washing machine packed up in the house a couple of days ago. New one arrived yesterday, the delivery guy had to take the old machine with him for disposal. Similar system sounds like it could be beneficial with netting etc.

Reggie.

Connemara Farmer wrote: »

Washing machine packed up in the house a couple of days ago. New one arrived yesterday, the delivery guy had to take the old machine with him for disposal. Similar system sounds like it could be beneficial with netting etc.

Ya should have filled the washing machine with old net. Two birds with one stone

just do it

Reggie. wrote: »

Well it would nearly make sense to me

That's why I'm asking

Mad4simmental

braddun wrote: »

most people do illegal burn at night

so helicopters don't catch them

No it's a foggy morning so the helicopters can't fly.

Markcheese

Was helping out years ago on a neighbours farm , very tidy set up - well run - he was giving out about hard it was to burn bale wrap - and the smoke blowing towards his house - he just wasn't into "that recycling "
Anyone tried using the new plastic wrap instead of net wrap ? Anygood? Does it need a special baler ?

trixi2011

Markcheese wrote: »

Was helping out years ago on a neighbours farm , very tidy set up - well run - he was giving out about hard it was to burn bale wrap - and the smoke blowing towards his house - he just wasn't into "that recycling "
Anyone tried using the new plastic wrap instead of net wrap ? Anygood? Does it need a special baler ?

Feed out a few bale for the uncle in the autumn works really well, bales were made with a mcale fusion don't know if all balers can use it

howdee

Recycle wrap and sheet plastic but everything else including net wrap, twine, buckets, milk pads, general rubbish goes into ex feed one ton bags and once a year I get a skip in and fill it with full bags. Once the bags are full I tie them and stack them. Great way at keeping rubbish at bay and out of sight.

Iyaibeji

Would it be suitable for use on an allotment?
If so you could advertise it free on adverts or somewhere.

Genghis Cant

Iyaibeji wrote: »

Would it be suitable for use on an allotment?.

As what? What use had you in mind?

Nekarsulm

As a mesh to keep pigeons off ?

Iyaibeji

Genghis Cant wrote: »

As what? What use had you in mind?

To keep birds off what you have planted, or as pea netting?
I use scaffolding netting on my allotment, so do most of the others up there, I was wondering of the bale netting could be used in the same way?

I also use scaffolding netting to cover my chicken run to keep the wild birds out.

All manner of things are repurposed on allotments.

KatyMac

Iyaibeji wrote: »

To keep birds off what you have planted, or as pea netting?
I use scaffolding netting on my allotment, so do most of the others up there, I was wondering of the bale netting could be used in the same way?

I also use scaffolding netting to cover my chicken run to keep the wild birds out.

All manner of things are repurposed on allotments.

That might not be such a bad idea. I grow peas, carrots etc and have the divil of a job keeping the cats from uprooting the young plants. I'll see if the net can be spread out as it comes off the bales in one piece so is a fair size.