Did you know that 79% of all the plastic ever created is still in the environment? That means that of the 8.3 billion tonnes of plastic produced in the last 60 years close to 7 billion tonnes is still around polluting our environment.
We will recycle you say…. oh yeah.
Get on with it then – only 9% according to the National Geographic is recycled worldwide.
(Although, admittedly us Brits are doing much better, at around 44%, although we’ve been stuck around there for a couple of years.)
But plastic is useful – it’s strong, it does not rot, need not be toxic and will last for years and years. (Around 400, that’s part of the problem!)
How wonderful if we could take all this good stuff and just use plastic over and over, and over again. No waste, no Dolphins choking and no abysmal scarring of our environment.
Well, there is one garden product that is fully recycled, and recyclable.
We’re talking about Eco Edge border edging.
Eco edge is produced from all sorts of plastic collected and recycled from all over the country.
As well as being produced from totally recycled plastics, it is totally recyclable itself.
But this is no wimpy edging, it will be many years before my border gets tatty and ours will certainly see me out.
Eco Edge comes in ‘Rolls’ for soft (or sharp) bends and ‘Straights’. Dimensions for each are a bit different. Rolls are 20 m long 140 mm high and 7 mm thick while straights are 2 m long also 140 mm high but are 10 mm thick.
The stakes you would need for either are 380 mm and designed to be hidden when you edging is fully installed. (We recommend you stake on joins and then about 50 cm apart.)
You will need a:
- Hammer (they recommend a rubber one, we didn’t have one so used a piece of wood between the stakes and the hammer)
- Saw, unless your edging is a perfect fit – a hacksaw would be best.
- Spirit level, not strictly necessary but can add that professional touch.
- Drill and stainless screws, two per stake.
