Recycling plastic flower pots

[Pat Franklin]

GreenYes.....

 

I realize that this listserve is regrouping and there may be very few who will see this, but I'll take my chances.  We got an email from someone today who has a landscape and gardening business and wants information on how to recycle plastic flower pots.  I have cc'd him on this email so if anyone has information, please pass it along to Will Clarke.

 

Many thanks,

 

Pat Franklin

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Patricia Franklin
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NEW ADDRESS AND PHONE FOR CRI AS OF 10/1/05:
Container Recycling Institute
1776 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Suite 800
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Tel.(202) 263-0999   Fax: (202) 263-0949
www.container-recycling.org and  www.bottlebill.org

 

 

[Eric Lombardi]

Pat and all,

Please stop using GreenYes @ grrn.org and start using our new listserve at Gree...@googlegroups.com

Thanks!


Eric Lombardi
Executive Director
Eco-Cycle
Boulder, CO
303-444-6634
www.ecocycle.org

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[Mylinda Jacobsen]

I don't know why but I cannot get the contact information on Will Clark
and his flower pots. Pat, will you please send me his contact
information directly. Maybe I can help.

Thanks, Mylinda

[Elizabeth Roe]

A year or so ago, Olmsted County, Minnesota did a pilot project to recycle plastic planting pots with a local landscape company. The project went well and has expanded. For details, contact Jack Stansfield, Olmsted County Waste Reduction Coordinator at 507-285-8231 or stansfi...@co.olmsted.mn.us.

 

Hope this helps.

 

Elizabeth

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[Ivers, Brett]

The Missouri Botanical Garden has a flower pot recycling program that has been successful for several years.  Try contacting Dr. Steven (I think) Kline.  The general number there is:  1-800-642-8842.

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From: Gree...@googlegroups.com [mailto:Gree...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Elizabeth Roe
Sent: Wednesday, November 02, 2005 11:05 AM
To: Gree...@googlegroups.com; Green Yes
Cc: wcl...@cape.com; Jack Stansfield
Subject: Re: Recycling plastic flower pots

[Ivers, Brett]

May 20-21, 27-28; June 3-4, 10-11, 17-18, 24-25
Plastic garden pot recycling. 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monsanto Center of the Missouri Botanical Garden, west parking lot, 4500 Shaw Blvd. at Vandeventer. Drop off clean plastic garden pots and trays and receive a complimentary admission pass for two to the Garden. For information, call (314) 577-9440 during business hours or log on to www.mobot.org/hort/activ/plasticpots.shtml

[Pat Franklin]

sorry...I've now changed it in my address book.

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To: Green Yes; Gree...@googlegroups.com
Cc: wcl...@cape.com
Subject: Re: Recycling plastic flower pots

[Peter Spendelow]

Pat-

With the new group on Google, I can't see Will Clarke's email address
so could you please forward this to him?

In Oregon, we have a company called Agri-Plas that specializes in the
recycling of agricultural plastics, including pots, trays, hay-bale
twine (polypropylene), seed bags, and the plastic film used on
greenhouses. They have worked out ways to clean these materials
sufficiently to be able to sell them. One of their main markets for
plastic nursery pots is the companies that manufacture new pots.
Plastic pots and trays are not made of only one material though.
Polypropylene, polyethylene, and polystyrene are all used. Some are
blow-molded, some are injection-molded, and some are thermoformed,
which means that you have a fairly wide variety of resins and resin
properties to contend with.

Here is a link from an EPA web site that further describes Agri-Plas:

http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/non-hw/green/projects/agriplas.htm

There is contact information for Dari Jongsma, President of Agri-Plas,
at the end of the EPA article.

Note- Agri-Plas Systems in Canada is an unrelated company.

Peter Spendelow
Oregon Department of Environmental Quality