The Great Twine Round-Up continues in Alberta, with $9,000 in cash prizes still to be won for 4-H clubs and ag charities!
Tuesday, April 1, 2025
Cleanfarms, through the ‘Alberta Ag-Plastic. Recycle-It!’ pilot program, is hosting ‘The Great Twine Round-Up’, a province-wide twine collection contest with a total of $12,000 in cash prizes for the winners’ 4-H club or an Alberta-based agricultural charity of choice.
The first of four $3,000 cash prizes has already been awarded to the Northern Lethbridge 4-H Beef Club, and three more prizes are up for grabs. Two of the remaining prize draws will go to winning 4-H clubs/districts, and the final draw will be awarded to an independent entrant’s Alberta-based agricultural charity of choice.
Here's how to participate:
- Collect used plastic baler twine in the collection bags provided for free at participating collection sites or the Rocky View County Municipal Hall.
- Mark each bag with your 4-H club/district name and the date if participating on behalf of a 4-H club or with your full name/farm name and the date if participating individually.
- Drop off the bags at a participating collection site before May 31, 2025, and snap a photo of your bags at the site! Collection sites accepting twine can be found here: CleanFarms Collection Sites Map
- Submit your photo through the contest webpage to enter: greattwineroundup.ca
The more bags you drop off, the more entries you'll have. You’ll also be helping to keep used baler twine out of landfills and burn piles. For more information and full contest rules, visit the contest webpage: greattwineroundup.ca
‘The Great Twine Round-Up’ is part of the ‘Alberta Ag-Plastic. Recycle it!’ pilot program, through which Alberta farmers return used plastic baler twine and grain bags for recycling. Last year, Cleanfarms recycled 673,000 kg of grain bags and 95,400 kg of twine through this pilot. The pilot project is led by the multi-stakeholder Agricultural Plastics Recycling Group (APRG); funds were granted by the Government of Alberta and are administered by Alberta Beef Producers. Learn more about this program: https://cleanfarms.ca/alberta-ag-plastic-recycle-it-program-details/.
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