Yes it has a weave to it, it's very strong stuff. But what I like most about it is the fact that it's free and readily available. Although it is recyclable the stuff I use would otherwise end up going straight in a landfill. They don't seem to recycle it around here, they just throw them in the garbage.
On that note, we will probably be looking at a lot more recyclable plastics ending up in the landfills. The Chinese have banned the importation of "foreign rubbish", which is where we've been sending most of our recyclable waste. It's been cheaper than processing it here, so we have not developed the capacity. http://www.planetizen.com/node/63048 http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-Pacific/2013/0619/China-puts-up-a-green-wall-to-US-trash Being a BIG fan of free, I will probably be talking to some dairy farmers about their used tarps once my current wood pile tarps are worn out.
The only time I've spent in china was at the international airport, but from what I've heard China seems to have surpassed most countries in producing their own trash, so it's understandable that they would eventually not be needing ours anymore. Of course there is still India. Out of curiosity, what do dairy farmers use tarps for?
Green chop corn (silage) is stored in big pits or piles and covered with the plastic tarps for winter feed.
Some pics of the above.. https://www.google.com/search?q=sil...a=X&ei=1g71VKX7FfX_sATg9YLwCQ&ved=0CAYQ_AUoAQ
Farmers that have huge bunker silos use plastic to cover up silage that they lay on the ground compact and let sit until needed, this plastic gets cut back further abd further every time they need more. Lots of tines you can see the bunker silos from the road,being huge blotches of white usually next to the farm, they use old tires to hold plastic down,the plastic works amazing for covering wood!
The Co-Op's around here use "ground bins", which is a large cement slab where they build temporary 4 foot walls and start piling shelled corn into the "bin". Once the "bin" is full they cover it with these tarps. When they empty the bin into rail cars they fold the tarps into big pieces, some as big as a refrigerator. They use to beg us to come get 'em, take all we wanted. Now they have become something of a commodity,, I used the stuff for the roof the 1st year i built my shed, snow melt and ice formed between my rafters and literally weighed so much that 2 of us couldn't push it off,,and the stuff didn't tear or leak!! I'm surprised they don't sell it at the farm stores, it literally the most durable stuff i have come across.
