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Garden Pot Recycling Program Returns
Monday 18 June @ 16:13:25 |
WHAT: Plastic Garden Pot Recycling
WHEN: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on the following weekends only, June 23-24 or Sept. 22-23
WHERE: See the list of Garden Center drop sites at GardenMinnesota.com.
Plastic garden pots of any size should be cleaned in advance and free of wire hangers. Pots of any size and color will be accepted; no cell packs at this time. No household plastic will be accepted.
Members of the Minnesota Nursery & Landscape Association (MNLA) are again offering the general public the opportunity to recycle plastic garden pots! Just bring clean, plastic garden pots to the drop sites listed below, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., on June 23-24.
The MNLA began the environmental initiative so that green industry professionals could recycle plastic garden pots. During the 2006 pilot program, over 52.5 tons of plastic were collected by landscape professionals, garden centers, nurseries, and the general public. This overwhelming demand led the MNLA to renew the program again in 2007.
More than 80 million tons of plastic, including horticultural plastics, are generated in this country every year. Horticultural plastic pots take up substantial space in landfills; they do not readily decompose and remain intact for many years. The pots are generally not reusable by nurseries for potting due to the risk of perpetuating disease and damage sustained during travel and planting. With this program, horticultural plastic will be reused or ground, commingled and reformulated into landscape lumber, landscape edging, and other reusable products.
The MNLA has partnered with AGSI Plastics and the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency to make this program a reality. MNLA recently received a $18,000 grant from the MPCA to provide recycling bins to collect and store pots at metro area drop sites. AGSI Plastics will take its mobile granulator to each of the sites where they will grind the pots into small chips that are easily transportable to the end market.
MNLA has also partnered with several local green industry suppliers to make this program possible. Since May, green industry professionals, including garden centers and landscape companies throughout Minnesota, have been returning clean plastic garden pots to drop sites throughout the Twin Cities Metro area, including Bachman's Wholesale, Bailey Nurseries, Central Landscape Supply, Cross Nurseries, Gertens Wholesale, Grove Nursery, Klaus Nurseries, Minnesota Valley Wholesale, Rum River Tree Farm & Nursery, and Wilson's Nursery. These companies have generously volunteered space for pot collection and retrieval.
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