28. 12. 2019
EU agriculture and horticulture industries generate around 1.3 million tonnes of plastic waste per year, 60% from films and 30% from twines, nets, clips, pots and trays. Within the EU, 2 600 farms grow hops over an area covering at least 26 000 hectares. Hops growing still uses a system based on wire or polypropylene twine attached to trellises. Roughly 45km of polypropylene twine per hectare is used each season. While providing an excellent mechanical performance, the polypropylene makes proper composting, recycling or landfilling of post-harvest biomass (15 tonnes/ha/year) impossible.
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