Alaska gardening columnist Jeff Lowenfels says putting an emphasis on reusing what you have and refraining from buying new plastic are good starts.
I am sure you’ve heard the reports that we accumulate at least a credit card’s worth of plastic particles in our bodies every year. Plastics are everywhere. They are in soils, found in even the most remote areas and on and on. I will let experts in the field fill this space, and over the next months I am sure they will. All I can say is this is a garden column and gardeners have come to rely way too much on the stuff. So, let’s talk plastics, as in pots, flats and other things gardening.
The question I can’t answer yet is at what point do UV rays from the sun and other factors start to cause a plastic pot, for example, to shed or start to decay into plastic nanoparticles? I will keep researching, but in the meantime, reuse and recycle. And hopefully ALPAR, aka Alaskans for Litter Prevention and Recycling, will bring back the Pot Recycling Program.
These biodegradable gardening containers are divided into two categories: hard or soft. The hard are more pot-like; they are solid and can be reused many times. These often come in decorative colors and feel like hard plastic. They will disappear in a landfill, but also hold plants for a few years.The other category are those biodegradable containers designed to be buried in the garden.
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