Since the New Jersey Department of Agricul-ture started a greenhouse film recycling program in 1997, growers have recycled nearly 8 million pounds of used film. During 2010, 725,980 pounds of film were recycled. Both white and clear nursery film and clear multi-season (two-, three- and four-year) greenhouse film can be recycled. Two regional sites, Burlington County Occupational Training Center in Mt. Holly and the Cumberland County Solid Waste Complex in Deerfield, accept film year-round. Out-of-state growers can take their used film to the Mt. Holly site, but the Cumberland site will only accept New Jersey growers' film. The Cumberland site charges growers $20 per ton and the Burlington site charges $25 per ton. In New Jersey the lowest landfill tipping fee is around $60 and can run as high $ 115. So disposing of the film at one of the recycling sites makes sense for New Jersey growers.
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