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Gardeners are encouraged to bring clean, dry garden plastics to one of the garden centre ‘depots’ during National Plastics Recycling Event from June 25 to July 4.
Canadian gardeners will soon have more options when it comes to responsibly disposing of garden pots and trays. After a humble start to the first National Plastics Recycling Event, when just six garden centres collected more than 53,000 pounds of plastic, 40 Canadian Nursery Landscape Association (CNLA) members have eagerly pledged their support to the 2011 cause.
Collecting garden plastics for reuse isn’t as easy as it seems, say nurseryfolk. Customers often bring an assortment of flowerpots back to nurseries, hoping that they can be replanted. Donations are usually declined because sanitized containers are key to preventing the spread of serious plant pests and disease, but the proper sterilization of used pots can be a pricey and complicated endeavour. Processors who recycle soil-laden pots are few. Luckily, the national initiative has partnered the horticulture industry with committed stewardship organization, CleanFARMS, and with suppliers like Myers Lawn & Garden Group, who are making strides in overcoming the problem. Local recyclers West Coast Plastics Recycling (BC) and Plastix Canada (Ontario) have gone out of their way to help too.
Phoenix Perennials & Specialty Plants is a mail order and retail nursery located in Richmond, British Columbia. Proprietor, Gary Lewis, joined the program last week and was happy to make the extra effort; “The nursery industry is the ‘original green industry’. We grow the plants and educate the public about how to add beauty to and improve the environments of our cities and towns. It’s important that we continue this leadership by working to reduce the ecological footprint of our industry by encouraging the recycling of the plastic pots, flats and other materials we require to grow and sell our plants. The National Plastics Recycling Event is a visionary and important program that provides a means for nurseries across the country to offer a recycling service to our customers. Our customers are impressed that we are showing environmental responsibility. They are overjoyed to get rid of their plastic pots without having to throw them out, and we get to do the right thing as a business.”
Gardeners are encouraged to bring clean, dry garden plastics to one of the garden centre ‘depots’ during National Plastics Recycling Event from June 25 to July 4. To find a participating garden centre near you, visit www.canadanursery.com and click on “National Plastics Recycling Event.”
The following garden retailers and recycling partners will accept garden plastics during the National Plastics Recycling Event from June 24 to July 5.
In B.C. Cannor Nursery, Abbotsford Cannor Nursery, Parksville David Hunter Garden Centers, Surrey Minter Country Garden Store, Chilliwack Northwest Landscape Supply Ltd., Burnaby Phoenix Perennials & Specialty Plants, Richmond Port Kells Nursery, Surrey
In Saskatchewan Cornell Design & Landscaping, Moose Jaw
In Ontario Alcock Nurseries Ltd., Campbellcroft Art’s Landscaping Nursery & Garden Centre, Goderich Bala Garden Centre, Bala Black Forest Garden Centre, Aurora Bradford Greenhouses Garden Gallery, Barrie Bradford Greenhouses Garden Gallery, Bradford Carp Garden Centre, Ashton Cudmore’s Garden Centre Inc., Oakville Green Thumb Garden Centre, Nepean Greenbelt Farm, Mitchell Humber Nurseries Landscaping Inc., Brampton Kamstra Landscaping & Garden Supplies, Oshawa Make it Green Garden Centre, Stittsville Mavis Garden Supplies, Mississauga Native Plant Source, Kitchener Plant World, Etobicoke Tarantino Nursery Ltd., Vaughan Taylor Nursery, Milton Valleyview Gardens, Scarborough Van Dongen’s Garden Centre, Hornby Verbeeks Farm and Garden Centre Inc., Clinton Walter’s Greenhouses & Garden Centre, Paris Waterloo Flowers, Waterloo
In New Brunswick Scott’s Nursery Ltd., Lincoln
In Nova Scotia Atlantic Gardens, Bedford Atlantic Gardens, Sackville Lakeland Plant World, Dartmouth In Newfoundland O’Neill’s Gardenland, Spaniard’s Bay
