June 15, 2009
Greener Gardening
Did you know that gardening can produce a lot of waste material, especially during the May-June planting frenzy? Fortunately, some retailers and garden centres, with the support of growers and plastics manufacturers, are taking plastic pots back and recycling them directly. Loblaws and Zehrs Superstores are taking back pots, trays, tags and cell packs, even if you didn’t buy your plant material there. ValuMart Garden Centres will take their rinsed pots back. Growers pick up the empty pots and flats each time they bring a new shipment of plants. They send the material to a plastics recycler in Brantford, where it is remade into new plastic planting pots. So this year, make your green thumb greener by recycling your plastic pots and trays.
