Plastic Pots and the Green Industry: Production, Use, Disposal and Environmental Impact

From the Association of Professional Landscape Designers

The APLD Sustainability Committee and Missouri Botanical Garden conducted a research study on plastic pots. This report discusses what they have learned about the production, use, disposal and environmental impact of horticultural plastics. It presents the consequences of increasing production and use of these pots without a solution to the problems of disposal.

View the report at: https://www.apld.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/APLD-Plastic-Pots-White-Paper.pdf