Agritech Blog

  The world’s leading irrigation company aims to use 45% of recycled plastic in global dripline production by 2030 Orbia’s precision agriculture business  Netafim , the global leader of sustainable precision irrigation solutions and agricultural projects, today announced the opening of Mexico’s largest agricultural plastics recycling facility in Culiacán, with an initial operating capacity of over 3,000 tons of plastic per year. Located in Mexico’s vegetable heartland and designed with full circularity in mind, Netafim’s state-of-the-art facility will receive used driplines from farmers across Mexico. Netafim currently operates a variety of recycling programs including a plant in Fresno, California as well as circularity programs in Australia, Israel, Peru, Chile, and Spain among other countries. By 2030, Netafim aims to have all its driplines contain at least 45% recycled content. “At a time when precision irrigation solutions are needed to combat extreme drought and other we...