Cotton Incorporated, the non-profit organisation funded by US cotton growers, has published a report making recommendations on how to eliminate plastic contamination from the country’s cotton.

The report, “Prevention of Plastic Contamination when Handling Cotton Modules”, discusses the importance of protecting the US’s reputation for producing contamination-free cotton. In recent years, USDA classing offices have detected plastic in samples thought to have originated from round module wrap.

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