Each year, on our fruit-and-vegetable farm in New England, my family covers about a quarter of our 50 acres with plastic mulch. Rolls of it, five feet wide and 4,000 feet long, sit on a machine ...

are plastic sheets that are spread over the soil to serve as a sort of plastic mulch. They suppress the growth of weeds, increase fertiliser uptake, regulate temperature and humidity, and protect ...

Around 40,000 tonnes of waste from conventional plastic mulch films is created by Australian agriculture each year. The benefits of certified soil biodegradable mulch film far outweigh the use of ...