Free Pots & Trays.
I am amazed at just how generous people can be and also how many pots are produced by the horticulture business that are just thrown away, and would end up in landfills.
A friend has just recently given me the below tray and tubes. He had plants delivered in these for his own business. As he had already planted the plants the trays and tubes had been lying around on his property for several years until he knew that I was looking to start a horticulture business when he gave them to me.
But at the same time horticultural businesses are throwing away an enormous number of pots with companies (Nelmac and Franks Trees) having bins outside their premises with pots being given away for free. I'm pretty sure that if people don't pick up these pots they would simply end up in landfill so good on these companies for at least trying to recycle their pots.
But it does also make me wonder just how much plastic from horticulture is simply thrown away!
However there is some good news as this problem has been recognized by the industry and various companies are now trying to make pots in a more sustainable manner. One company that I was recently made aware of is Cow Pots in the USA that use cow manure to make plants pots
https://cowpots.com/
If only these were available in New Zealand!
Cow pots? What a great idea. The less plastic on the planet the better. Sounds like a business opportunity there. nudge nudge wink wink
ReplyDeleteYes I have seen the cow pots too. They seem very well set up and have ovens as a drying process. i wonder how long they take to break down and the cost of them.
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