Toro's Award-Winning Drip Irrigation Recycling Service Expands
June 14 2017 - 8:35AM
Business Wire
Free pallet promotion offered along with
expanded service in California’s Central Coast Region
Toro is pleased to announce that, effectively immediately, its
award-winning drip irrigation recycling service will now offer
expanded service capabilities in California’s Central Coast Region.
The service is a result of Toro’s ongoing commitment to help
farmers maximize production with efficient, sustainable drip
irrigation practices, including the recycling of spent drip
irrigation tapes and driplines. The service is offered in
partnership with Revolution Plastics, a national leader in
agricultural plastic recycling with operations in Arkansas,
Wisconsin and Texas, and now a new facility in California.
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Toro's award-winning drip irrigation
recycling service expands in California with Revolution Plastics
(Photo: The Toro Company)
“Toro knows that drip irrigation is innovative technology that
helps farmers produce more with fewer resources, but also
recognizes that at the end of its lifecycle, drip irrigation
becomes plastic that needs to be recycled,” says Phil Burkart, vice
president of Irrigation and Lighting Businesses at The Toro
Company. “For this reason, we have partnered with Revolution
Plastics to offer superior, sustainable recycling services to drip
irrigators nationwide.” Revolution Plastics recently expanded
service in California to include improved facilities in Ballico,
and a new location in Camarillo to better serve California’s
coastal growers.
Jeff Dosio, from Modesto, California, and co-owner of Pacific
Agri-Lands, grows 12,000 acres of wine grapes, and has used the
service for over five years. “I’ve been pleased with the service –
plus it’s free! Otherwise I’d have to pay to take my old vineyard
hose or dripline to the dump.”
Dave Bricker of Victoria Island Farms of Holt, California,
routinely recycles drip tape from their 6,000 acres of asparagus,
tomatoes and other crops. “Toro referred me to Revolution Plastics
when my other recycler was full. They showed up the next day,
exactly when they said they would, and left the site neat and
clean, which is very important to us. I’m definitely calling
Revolution Plastics next time.”
In honor of the recycling service’s growing presence, Toro is
giving away free product during its “Free Pallet of Drip Tape”
promotion. To qualify for a free pallet of Toro drip tape, growers
must recycle 25,000 pounds of drip tape or dripline (of any brand)
with Toro’s Drip Irrigation Recycling Service, operated by
Revolution Plastics, after June 1, 2017 and buy a truckload of 480
reels of Toro drip tape from an authorized Toro dealer. This
introductory offer is available until October 31, 2017, has no
limits to quantity per farmer, but may not be combined with any
other offer.
“This offer is too good to refuse, considering many farmers pay
to dispose of used drip tape and driplines. Revolution Plastic’s
state-of-the-art grapple hook trucks make field prep easy for the
farmer, and pickup turnaround time fast,” says Inge Bisconer,
technical marketing and sales manager for Toro.
Toro’s Drip Irrigation Recycling Service recently gained
nationwide recognition at the Irrigation Association’s
(www.irrigation.org) annual convention in Las Vegas, where it won
the 2016 New Product Contest – Specialty Agriculture. The service’s
Ag Plastic Pickup mobile application impressed judges, as did its
unique, sustainable business model.
“The app is ridesharing for ag plastic – it really is that
easy,” says Louis Vasquez, director of corporate development,
Revolution Plastics. Farmers use the mobile app to conveniently
schedule their plastic pickup service in a few easy steps. Simply
upload a photo of the plastic to be recycled, drop a pin on the
location, and then press submit.
Revolution Plastics uses the recycled plastic materials to make
Ecologo plastic can liners and other agriculture and construction
sheeting rather than shipping recycled resins overseas. “This
creates local jobs, reduces the need for virgin resins and has
resulted in a sustainable business that has provided superior
agricultural recycling services for over 20 years,” says
Vasquez.
About The Toro CompanyThe Toro Company (NYSE: TTC) is a
leading worldwide provider of innovative solutions for the outdoor
environment including turf, snow and ground engaging equipment, and
irrigation and outdoor lighting solutions. With sales of $2.4
billion in fiscal 2016, Toro's global presence extends to more than
90 countries. Through constant innovation and caring relationships
built on trust and integrity, Toro and its family of brands have
built a legacy of excellence by helping customers care for golf
courses, landscapes, sports fields, public green spaces, commercial
and residential properties and agricultural fields. For more
information, visit www.toro.com.
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The Toro CompanyCortney Kesselman, 619-596-2102Micro
Irrigation Businesscortney.kesselman@toro.com
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