Recycled Gear Makes Gardening Greener
May 29th, 2009 Editor Posted in Gardening | Comments Off
Americans generated 254 million tons of trash, and recycled and composted about 85 tons of that in 2007, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said. That works out to a recycling rate of 33.4 percent. Those figures represent municipal solid waste — things commonly used and then thrown away, such as food scraps, grass clippings, old tires, furniture and appliances. It does not include industrial, hazardous or construction waste.
Making greater use of organic materials reduces the amount of solid waste in landfills. A company called EcoForms, for example, has introduced a line of durable but decomposable plant containers made from grain husks and other natural bindings.
The Liquid Fence Co. sells biodegradable manure-fiber-based "CowPots" that can be placed directly in the ground, eliminating the transplant shock that often results when starting seeds in plastic pots.
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