Collection Trials

Agsafe is the service provider and manager of bagMUSTER®, an initiative developed by CropLife Australia in partnership with the Australian Seed Federation for the recycling of agricultural input product bags, including those used to distribute seed, stockfeed, pesticide and fertiliser to end-users. Our initial goals are based on the collection and recycling of product transported in polypropylene (PP) bags ranging from the 5kg product bags to large bulka bags.

Trial Sites

Elders Gatton - Pilot Launch Event
127B Tenthill Creek Road, Gatton

Eligible bags can be delivered to this site up until 8 August

On 8 August we will hold a Pilot Launch open day at Elders Gatton (11.00am to 2.00pm), where we will be bailing the bags collected and preparing them for transport to our recycler. Please come and see us if you have bags to drop off and would like to know more about bagMUSTER.

For a small donation you can have a BBQ lunch with all money raised going to Anuha.

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AGnVET Narromine
113-121 Dandaloo Street, Narromine

Eligible bags can be delivered to this site up until 3 August

On 3 August we will hold an open day at AGnVET Narromine (9.00am to 1.00pm), where we will be bailing the bags collected and preparing them for transport to our recycler. Please come and see us if you have bags to drop off and would like to know more about bagMUSTER. For a small donation you can have a BBQ breakfast or lunch with all money raised going to the Narromine Cancer Support Group.

Delivering bags to a collection site

Like drumMUSTER where drums are triple rinsed prior to dropping them off at a collection site, an important part of bagMUSTER® will be how the bags are prepared prior to dropping them to a collection point, particularity bulka bags.

Contamination in the bags is a problem for recyclers.

Shake as much of existing residue out of the bag as possible
Remove any liners that are not made from Polypropylene
Prior to taking the bags to a collection site, store them so they won’t get wet or muddy
Roll, fold or bale the bags where possible

Recycling of the bags

All bags collected in the bagMUSTER® trials will be transported to approved bagMUSTER® processors in either Melbourne or Brisbane.

Eligible Bags

Distributed in single use plastic: 5Kg bags up to 1,000kg+ bulk bags (Woven Polypropylene (PP) and Biaxially-Oriented Polypropylene (BoPP).

This includes, but is not limited to:

Granulated crop protection products
Seeds
Biologicals
Grain (not silo)

We are not collecting – pallet wrap, silage wrap, grain silo bags, soft plastic used in the dairy or grocery industries and other plastics that are not bags.