The agricultural plastic films market will be worth about $16.10 billion by 2030, projects Market Research Future. Products made from these materials—from geomembrane films to control humidity, to greenhouse cover films, to polytube for irrigation –protect crops and can help boost production.
But at the end of its life most of the material is stockpiled; burned in open fields, generating toxic air pollutants; or landfilled. Recycling options are scarce because film can be difficult to process. It’s lightweight and moves around on conveyor belts and gets caught in processing equipment.
