Recycling The Plastic Plant Labels

3 year's of used plastic plant labels

Dirty and written on

With environmental issues being a hot topic at the moment, climate change, the effect of toxic pesticides on the bee population and the over use of single-use plastic, the gardening team are changing the way they work, updating practices used in the past.
Earlier this month the team stopped using a pesticide containing a neonicotinoid that has been linked to the reduction in the bee population, changing over to a biological control to combat vine weevil, see blog entry 4th October, 'A Drench Of 50 Million Nematodes'. 
Today, with plastic pollution and single-use plastic in mind, the plastic plant labels were cleaned rather than thrown away. For many years the plastic plant pots used for growing seeds and propagating cuttings have been washed before their reuse so this method is now being used for the labels too. Before washing, the date and plant name written on the label in pencil was removed using an eraser, then the label was washed in a bucket of hot, soapy water before placing it in to a pot to drain off, hundreds of plastic labels ready to be reused.

Clean and ready for reuse