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GIGO Diary, for 2008-03-19: Recycling gardening plastic Gardening is heavy user of plastics, which can be hazardous if left to decompose in environment, but recycling horticulture plastic is important to economy. By Barbara Armitage GIGO Diary of a Recycler: Everyday we are going to follow my garbage to see just how close I can come to eliminating my contribution the landfills in America. This diary entry is my record for Wednesday March 19, 2008. Posted 2008-03-20. Yesterday's GIGO Planting trees yesterday made me think about how many plastic garden pots are produced every year. Whether you buy trees or annuals, hanging baskets or vegetables almost all garden plants come in some kind of a plastic pot. In the horticultural industry alone, about 350 million pounds of plastic is produced each year. Plastic pots and garden container material deposited in landfills take up considerable space and do not readily decompose and remain intact for decades. Plastic pots have long been the bane of envirmentally concious gardeners. It seems ironic that gardeners are contrubuting to landfills while they are also working to create a healthier more beautiful world by growing plants. Most nurseries don't re-use them because of the risk of spreading plant diseases. If you choose to reuse your pots be sure to clean them throughly with a brush in a bucket of water with a little bleach in it. Several cities have had such an enthustastic response to recycling these plastic pots that hey are now processing them into landscape timbers for resale. Be sure that this planting season you recycle your unwanted plastic pots and when you are shopping be sure to ask if nursery recycles their pots. FACT: With about 70 million U.S. households engaged in some kind of gardening activity, the amount of plastics from that alone is considerable. Here's what happened to the rest of the day's garbage. Recycle
The next largest will go to the Adair Recycling Center, 62 Service Road, Columbia, KY. Only a tiny amount will go into the landfill. REMINDER: Adair County Community Pride clean-up day is Saturday, April 12, 2008. A big day of clean up, food, fun, prizes and surprises starts at the Adair Annex at 8:00am for breakfast doughnuts, coffee and juice, pep rally, assignments and sign-in, and with a celebration lunch and Keep Adair County Clean rally at Mt. Carmel Boat Ramp at 11:00amCT. No one will want to miss one. The event is being coordinated in Adair County Judge Executive Ann Melton's Office, Courthouse Annex, Downtown, Columbia, KY. Phone (270) 384-4703. REMINDER: Recycle 101 to be offered at Adair Extension OfficeBarbara Armitage of the Garden Club and Kelli Bonifer of the Adair County Extension Service and and are collaborating to offer Recycle 101 on Wednesday, April 30, 2008 at 10:00amCT. A guest lecturer will be famed Kentucky environmentalist A.L. Sinclair. The seminar will train those who attend the ABC's of Recycling. The purpose of the course is to train Adair County more about living responsibly by recycling and reducing energy use. It will wrap up the Earth Day celebrations in April. The course is designed to train trainers who will in turn train neighbors until everyone in Adair County is a recycler. For more information contact Barbara Armitage at (270) 250-2979 or Kelli Bonifer at (270) 384-2317. The Adair Extension Service is located at 417 Fairgrounds Street, Columbia, KY. This story was posted on 2008-03-20 06:18:42
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