July 13, 2008 - ...the plastic they use," said Blake Putman, dairy educator for Cornell Cooperative Extension of Clinton County, noting that farmers burn, bury or send their used plastics to the landfill. "If we can turn this used plastic into new products, especially with the cost of plastics going up, it will benefit everyone," she added. NEW TECHNIQUE As farmers watched the Ducharmes and Big Foot Plastic Baler representative Jody Sutton compact two months of discarded plastic coverings,...