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Container Recycling OPeration (CROP)

The Idaho State Department of Agriculture thanks you for another record year.

The CROP chipping operation is closed for 2009. Please check back in April 2010 for the new chipping schedule

Agricultural Container Recycling Operation

The Department offers a free program to chip clean, empty plastic containers (pesticide or fertilizer). The containers must be triple rinsed. The CROP truck can come to your site or a central location and chip HDPE #2 plastic. The chipper equipment can handle containers up to and including 5 gallons whole.  Thirty-gallon and 55 gallon containers must be cut up by the participant prior to chipping. If the 5 gallon containers are thick-walled they must also be cut up by the participant prior to chipping.

More Information

• Cutting Instructions for 5 Gallon Containers (pdf)

• Cutting Instructions for 30 Gallon or Larger Containers (pdf)

• Container Recycling Operation Information and Facts (pdf)
  
• Container Recycling Operation Frequently Asked Questions (pdf)
  
• Container Recycling Statistics