34. End of Life Greenhouse LDPE
Regularly tens of thousands of square meters of plastic sheet used for greehouses after 10 years looses its transparency due to UV light and cannot anymore be used for growing plants.
The ERDE recycling network collects these vast amounts of end of life plastic and transports it to recycling centers.
ERDE is the nationwide recovery and recycling system for crop plastics in Germany. Based on a voluntary industry initiative, ERDE actively contributes to sustainable agriculture in feed production and fruit and vegetable cultivation. All stakeholders, including manufacturers, farmers and collection point operators, are jointly responsible for ensuring that crop plastics are successfully reintroduced into the material cycle through recycling. Recycling conserves resources and actively protects the climate.
Obsthof Mertens is a medium scale fruit farm near to Frankfurt working with the ERDE network.