Agricultural drip irrigation tapes and pipes are core tools of modern precision agriculture, dramatically increasing crop yields and resource utilization through efficient water conservation and precision irrigation.

When large quantities of drip irrigation tape complete their life cycle, tape recycling can help to improve agricultural efficiency and create economic value and reduce carbon emissions.

Why should we recycle waste drip irrigation tapes?

drip tape recycling

Recycling agricultural irrigation tapes and pipes is an important practice in promoting sustainable agricultural development, with multiple comprehensive benefits.

From the resource point of view, it promotes the recycling of plastics and reduces energy waste; on the environmental level, it can effectively curb white pollution in farmland, reduce carbon emissions, and protect the health of soil and water; economically, it can not only reduce the production costs of farmers, but also give rise to the recycling industry chain and create employment opportunities.

How to process drip tape recycling?

Used drip irrigation tapes need to be cleaned in a crushing and washing line to remove soil, debris or pesticide residues.

Before the washing process, drip tapes need to be crushed to reduce their size for easy cleaning. The crushed drip tape scraps will be washed and dried, then the drip tape scraps will be melted and extruded in a plastic recycling pelletizer and turned into recycled granules.

Agriculture drip tape recycling system

In the process of recycling agricultural drip tape recycling, the use of plastic recycling machines is a key link in improving the efficiency and quality of recycling.

As irrigation pipe and tapes are exposed to the farmland environment for a long time, the surface often adheres to soil, pesticide residues, plant roots and other impurities, and traditional manual cleaning is inefficient and difficult to clean thoroughly.

Through mechanised crushing, cleaning and granulating processes for drip tape recycling, efficient, large-scale drip tape recycling can be achieved.

Powerful crushing and thorough washing

Crushing and volume reduction: cutting or crushing long pipes into small particles (usually 5-20mm) significantly reduces the volume and facilitates subsequent transport and cleaning.

Uniformity of treatment: crushed particles of the same size, to ensure that the cleaning water flow and chemicals can be uniform contact with the surface, to avoid cleaning dead ends.

Multi-stage cleaning with a plastic washing equipment after crushing of irrigation tapes. Large pieces of soil are removed from the surface by rinsing tanks. Depending on the cleanliness of the raw material, either 摩擦洗涤 or using high temperature water (60-80°C) with detergents (hot washing tank) is used to break down grease and pesticide residues. Finally, a rinsing tank can be used for thorough cleaning.

Efficient melting and extruding system

Choosing a 回收造粒机 with efficient heating systems and extruding systems for recycling this kind of waste drip irrigation tapes would be the most cost-effective option. Shuliy Machinery two -stage plastic recycling pelletizer is the perfect option for recyclers who are collecting waste agriculture plastic materials.

As a drip irrigation tape recycling machine, the pelletizer provides superior features such as consistent material feeding and melting,efficient degassing and filtration, the end products are quality uniform pellets with a capacity of 100-500kg/h.