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In 2009, The Home Depot started a recycling program for plastic plant containers that reusesandrecycles the plastic pots that hold flowers, plants, bushes and trees. At all The Home Depot Garden Centers nationwide, customers can bring back their empty pots for growers to refill. When the pots are no longer reusable, The Home Depot’s partner, East Jordan Plastics Inc., turns them into new pots, trays, and hanging baskets.
Every year, East Jordan Plastics recycles more than 15 million pounds of used plastic containers, equivalent to nearly 1,000 semi-truck loads of containers. Recycled plastic containers can recover upwards of 60% of the energy tied to initial product processing and diverts unnecessary waste from the landfill. By recycling what would otherwise be discarded, The Home Depot is moving toward a circular economy. At The Home Depot, we recognize that our biggest environmental impact is the products we sell. That includes the containers of the products we sell, like those in our garden center. Most commercial plants come in plastic containers, which can be a hassle to recycle.
The Impact of Recycling
It’s just the right thing to do,” says Tiffany Seto, The Home Depot’s Manager, Environmental Sustainability. Finding ways to better use and reduce plastics is important to The Home Depot. The home improvement retailer also donates the plastic film used to wrap its products to Trex, a decking company which uses the plastic in their products.
The Home Depot will accept any plastic garden container in our garden centers. “The Home Depot’s core values are based on doing the right thing, and this commitment extends to our communities and the environment. We offer this service to our customers based on the environmental impact of plastic.
Sustainability News
In 2009, The Home Depot started a recycling program in partnership with East Jordan Plastics to collect and reuse plastic pots from any garden center. Recycled plastic containers can recover upwards of 60% of the energy tied to initial product processing and divert unnecessary waste from landfills. Over 16 million pounds of used plastic containers are recycled by East Jordan Plastics.
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