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- From: Road's End Farm <organic87 AT frontiernet.net>
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- Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Old Drip Tape
- Date: Sat, 4 Jun 2011 16:52:13 -0400
On Jun 4, 2011, at 3:53 PM, John Ferree wrote:
When we put a lot of it out for the trash, neighbor kids like to throw flares in it and set it on fire along with the insect cloth. Good times.
I'd strongly advise against that. Some plastics, when burned, give off dioxins. I don't know whether drip tape plastic is one of them; but it's very likely to give off something you (and the rest of the neighborhood) don't want to be breathing.
Some areas have a recycling setup for agricultural plastics. Unfortunately, most places don't. The only use I've found for old drip tape so far is to tie up bundles of old drip tape with, to make it easier to handle them for the landfill. I do, however, find that it's often possible to get more than one year's use out of the stuff. Lay in a good supply of splices first, and of electrical tape for patching smaller holes.
-- Rivka; Finger Lakes NY, Zone 5 mostly
Fresh-market organic produce, small scale
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[Market-farming] Old Drip Tape,
Marty Kraft, 06/04/2011
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Re: [Market-farming] Old Drip Tape,
John Ferree, 06/04/2011
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Re: [Market-farming] Old Drip Tape,
Road's End Farm, 06/04/2011
- Re: [Market-farming] Old Drip Tape, John Ferree, 06/04/2011
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Re: [Market-farming] Old Drip Tape,
Road's End Farm, 06/04/2011
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Re: [Market-farming] Old Drip Tape,
Dean Brock, 06/04/2011
- Re: [Market-farming] Old Drip Tape, Marty Kraft, 06/04/2011
- Re: [Market-farming] Old Drip Tape, Willie McKemie, 06/04/2011
- Re: [Market-farming] Old Drip Tape, Todd Lister, 06/04/2011
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Re: [Market-farming] Old Drip Tape,
Beth Spaugh, 06/04/2011
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Re: [Market-farming] Old Drip Tape,
Vern and Amy, 06/05/2011
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Re: [Market-farming] Old Drip Tape,
Road's End Farm, 06/05/2011
- Re: [Market-farming] Old Drip Tape, Barking Cat Farm, 06/05/2011
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Re: [Market-farming] Old Drip Tape,
Road's End Farm, 06/05/2011
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Re: [Market-farming] Old Drip Tape,
Vern and Amy, 06/05/2011
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Re: [Market-farming] Old Drip Tape,
John Ferree, 06/04/2011
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Re: [Market-farming] sweet potato slip question,
Roots Farm, 06/03/2011
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