A plastic mulch retriever is disclosed comprising a body and at least one cutting or digging element mounted to the body to loosen plastic mulch embedded in the ground. A conveyor is mounted to the body rearward of the at least one cutting or digging elements to engage the loosened plastic mulch and remove at least some of the ground material attached to the extracted plastic mulch. At least one storage device is mounted to the body rearward of the conveyor to store the retrieved plastic mulch.