Thinking we can continue agriculture conversations over here
@gain about the plastic contamination in soil from the pineapple thread.
Some.closer pictures for you.
That is what is left over after pineappled and.tilled into the soil each harvest.
It looks like this when growing
when pineapples are getting closer to harvest, they often wrap them, or cover them from the sun. Depending what the cost is of the material they use they are either reused, burned or thrown on the field. Sometimes the farmer cleans them up. Some examples.
These commercial wraps are usually impregnated with plastic so they dont fall apart. They are more often used to second time unless t hey break. I would guess at a good 10% or more are thrown away after first use judging by whats whats left over,
But very variable.
Plastic shade cloth is sometimes used as well, But is way more e xpensive. It lasts many years, Reusable and faster to install rather than wrapping each one. Disadvantage is the pineapples that are too small get covered too.when it gets too old and broken, Farmers normally dispose of it better and its not tilled in or burned usually.
