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ReCo Pick Member Guide

Plant Pots

Use this guide to prepare accepted plant pots for the designated ReCo Pick collection.

Plant pots accepted through a ReCo Pick

Give plant pots a second life

Plant pots can often be reused or recycled instead of being discarded. During this ReCo Pick, The ReCollective collects accepted pots made from several different materials.

Collected pots are taken to our Durham warehouse, where they are sorted for reuse or prepared for recycling.

What to include

Accepted Plant Pots

Include individual pots for plants from the accepted categories below.

Accepted

  • Plastic plant pots, including inexpensive nursery pots from garden centers
  • Ceramic plant pots
  • Woven plant pots
  • Wood plant pots
  • Metal plant pots

Do Not Include

  • Seed starter trays
  • Seed starter cells
  • Four-pack or six-pack starter cells
  • Any container that is not a single plant pot
Where it goes

Stack Pots Beside Your Black Bag

During the designated collection month, place accepted plant pots next to your black waterproof canvas bag. Please limit the total to no more than two stacks, with each stack no taller than two feet.

Materials being organized at The ReCollective warehouse in Durham
After collection

What Happens to the Plant Pots?

Collected plant pots return to The ReCollective’s Durham warehouse, where they are sorted for reuse or prepared for recycling.

1

Collect: Pots are brought back to the warehouse with the rest of the route’s materials.

2

Sort: Pots are organized by material and whether they can be reused.

3

Reuse or recycle: Accepted pots are prepared for local growers, reuse partners, or recycling partners.

Reuse and recycling partners

Partners Who Help Keep Plant Pots in Use

Depending on the pot’s material and condition, accepted items may be directed to these community and recycling partners.

Verity Recycling The Scrap Exchange
Local Growers

ReCo Pick Reminders

Check the ReCo Pick calendar Confirm when plant pots are featured and review the collection instructions before setting them out.
Place pots beside the black bag Do not put the plant pots inside your canvas bags. Stack them beside the black waterproof bag.
Keep stacks manageable Limit the set-out to two stacks, with each stack no taller than two feet.
Mailback option: Small plant pots may also be included through our mailback recycling service.
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Recycling options

City Guides and Mailback

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