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drumMUSTER operations update
BY RICHARD BOYCE MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER, AGSAFE
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rumMUSTER has been helping large scale horticultural operations with the collection and removal of their empty AgVet chemical containers through our onfarm collection initiative. For businesses that have the capacity to store 1500 drums (or more) over a two-year period, drumMUSTER can organise a collection to remove them for recycling.
3 FARMS in the region are stockpiling drums for collection.
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WA Grower WINTER 2020
Myalup drumMUSTER has been helping large scale horticultural operations with the collection and removal of their empty AgVet chemical containers through our on-farm collection initiative. For businesses that have the capacity to store 1500 drums (or more) over a two-year period, drumMUSTER can organise a collection to remove them for recycling. On-farm collections in the Myalup area began when Castro Farms worked with drumMUSTER to create an on-farm cage in 2013. This was the first on-farm collection point in the area and by 2014 the program was expanded to three farms in the area, and in 2015 four more farmers came on board by installing 1000 litre industrial cages to begin storing drums in their area for future collection.
Due to increased auditing standards of many programs, growers are increasingly seeing drumMUSTER as a viable, if not the only responsible option for the safe disposal of their empty AgVet chemical containers.
Perth Hills In 2012 the Perth Hills and Jarrahdale areas began utilising the drumMUSTER program. The Walliston collection site was the first to sign up, with the Hill Cold Store site joining in 2015 with drum returns increasing each year. This year alone over 600 drums have been returned to this site. The Jarrahdale site was set up in 2016 and has been slowly building the numbers of returns with approximately 800 drums being collected in the past twelve months.
This year alone over 600 drums have been returned to the Walliston site.
By assisting large farming operations with on-farm collection infrastructure, drumMUSTER is looking to this year collect over 7000 cleaned and eligible drums for recycling from the Mayalup region.
Northern Metro Area & Gingin Lancelin Area There are multiple drumMUSTER collection sites in the Northern Metro Area and Gingin Lancelin areas.
