EZ Web - the future of round bale silage in New Zealand
As New Zealand’s leading provider of crop packaging solutions for over 30 years, Agpac has built a reputation for supplying innovative, high-quality products that help contractors and farmers bale better, farm smarter and reduce their environmental footprint. As the exclusive distributor of Tama products in New Zealand, Agpac is committed to enhancing farm efficiency and sustainability and, as a proud partner of Plasback, ensures agricultural plastics are collected and recycled into new products.
Now, Agpac is proud to introduce EZ Web, the world’s first recyclable round baling solution, developed by Tama. EZ Web was developed to address one of the biggest challenges in round baling—the recyclability of netwrap. Conventional netwrap has been difficult to recycle due to contamination, making on-farm plastic waste management a challenge. With EZ Web, Tama has delivered a fully recyclable alternative that integrates seamlessly into the existing Plasback recycling program, New Zealand’s original and most trusted agricultural plastic collection scheme. Farmers can simply place EZ Web into a Plasback bin and liner system as part of their balewrap recycling process, ensuring a smoother, more sustainable end-of-life solution.
Farmers across New Zealand have been using EZ Web for the past two years under both extensive R&D trials and commercial pilot phases. These trials, conducted across diverse farming conditions, have demonstrated the product’s performance in maintaining bale integrity while providing a practical and effective recycling solution. Farmers involved in the pilot phases have praised EZ Web for its ease of use, reliability and contribution to on-farm sustainability goals.
The product reduces plastic use in baling without compromising bale integrity. It can be disposed of together with balewrap on baleage, or by itself on dry crop bales, making on-farm plastic management easier, quicker and more cost-effective. EZ Web delivers the same strong bale-binding qualities farmers expect from conventional netwrap and NRF solutions.
Jason Amos, Tama Oceania Regional Commercial Director, emphasised the importance of EZ Web for the industry:
“New Zealand’s commitment to developing sustainable farming practices in the agricultural landscape is the perfect environment for EZ Web. This product is a new revolution in the crop baling world that answers the demand from farmers for a product that is easily recycled as part of their Plasback collections with their balewrap. It is easy to remove, easy to clean and fully recyclable with or without balewrap—it’s the first step of many into a more sustainable farming future.”
Tama has always been at the forefront of sustainable agri-plastics, and EZ Web is no exception. Manufactured using 30% post-consumer recycled (PCR) content, this innovative product incorporates repurposed agricultural plastics, keeping valuable resources in use and reducing reliance on virgin plastic. Aviv Tron, Round Baling Products Manager at Tama, commented:
“With EZ Web, we’ve achieved something previously thought impossible in round baling—creating a product that is fully recyclable while maintaining performance. This is a true game changer for the industry.”
Imagine a day when you no longer need to separate netwrap from balewrap or dispose of contaminated netwrap in landfill. A day when you can bale longer with fewer stops, achieving simple, trouble-free baling. With EZ Web that day has arrived.