The most interesting thing about this thread is that the OP hasn't reappeared after their 2nd post.... The pots [and every other container] have to be made of something that can easily be recycled, or recycling facilities have to be able to recycle the existing ones. Unless the two factions get their heads together and work it out to a sensible conclusion, 'we're all doomed Captain'.... Otherwise, we - the great unwashed - can only do so much.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
It's also worth noting that even if something is recycled it doesn't mean we can be guilt free about using it. Some plastics can only be recycled one or 2 times before they are only fit for landfill. The priorities should always be to reduce and reuse before recycling.
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
One of the worst industries for single use plastic is health care. So much of what it uses has to be sterile, and individually enclosed in impermeable packaging. Then after use, it has to be incinerated. Local hygiene is achieved to the detriment of global hygiene. Before plastic, most of these items were made of glass, or steel, or fabric, and were washed, sterilised and used many times. But for that, you have to employ people on UK pay and conditions. Much cheaper to get the plastic version produced in the developing countries, by people who will work long hours, for pisspoor wages, in unhealthy conditions.
Like Dove, a couple of our bigger garden centres (Wyevale), introduced a recycling scheme and found themselves overwhelmed by the amount of pots etc received, so they stopped doing it. I contacted the HTA to find a local centre that was taking part in the scheme that started at the beginning of the year, as mentioned in the interview that Arit did. They told me that the take up had been very poor, and couldn't help me. I finally managed to find a small independent garden centre that takes pots and bedding packs etc. What a palaver.
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The pots [and every other container] have to be made of something that can easily be recycled, or recycling facilities have to be able to recycle the existing ones. Unless the two factions get their heads together and work it out to a sensible conclusion, 'we're all doomed Captain'....
Otherwise, we - the great unwashed - can only do so much.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Sheesh
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