What is ‘The Taupe Pot’?
The Taupe Pot is a polypropylene pot which can be produced by any plastic plant pot manufacturer with the capability to fulfil the required specification. The pot is 100% recyclable and made from as high a percentage of
recycled polypropylene (PP) as possible, frequently from a UK source, with little or no virgin material. The pot is designed to be kerbside recyclable where possible and replace the traditional black plastic plant pot currently favoured as an industry standard by ornamental plant producers.
What’s the Problem with Black?
The black plastic pot cannot be recycled through kerbside collections, due to the inability of PIR sensors at recycling facilities to recognise any plastic which contains a carbon-black pigment.
Actually all PP is recyclable, however the market value of dark PP is low so recyclers prefer not to deal in it. As it can’t be sorted automatically, it has to be collected in bulk from collection points. In addition, dark colour PP
can only be turned into more of the same thing, rather than a range of colours. Basically, the lighter the PP colour the easier it is to recycle.
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