Plastic film, fertilizer, and treated fence posts often end up in burn piles and can pollute the air with cancer-causing substances. It’s important to have alternative outlets for such waste.  Greater emphasis on the responsible management of agricultural wastes now encompasses plastics and other materials at two landfills in British Columbia’s Okanagan Valley. This spring, the Regional District of Okanagan Similkameen in Penticton, British Columbia, Canada, began waiving tipping fees for agricultural waste that is sorted into plastics, metals, and organic material such as tree stumps and cuttings. The move is a step towards better management of the local waste […]