Ecotribo (plant pots made from fishing waste)

Ecotribo is a fab brand of eco-friendly plant pots, made from recycling fishing waste. And even made with solar power, in lovely colours and patterns. Made in the hip green city of Bristol.

Don’t leave full watering cans around, as small creatures could drown. Many plants (including all bulbs and sago palm) are unsafe near animals (read more on pet-friendly gardens). Avoid facing indoor foliage to outdoor gardens, to stop birds flying into windows.

Each pot includes a scannable QR code, so you can learn the journey of how your plastic pot came to be, while saving marine creatures from Cornish and Scottish fishing waste.

Ghost fishing gear makes up 10% of ocean waste, killing hundreds of thousands of marine creatures. Volunteer to help remove ghost fishing waste.

This brand was founded by a surfer (they tend to be a pretty eco-friendly lot), this case he is from South Africa. If you’re in the market for a park bench or pub seating area, check out their lovely benches, naturally coloured from recycled fishing waste.

Where to Recycle Plastic Plant Pots

Enter your postcode at Recycle Now to find out where – some gardening centres accept them. Black plant pots (like black bin bags) can’t be recycled, as sorting machines don’t recognise the colour, so they have to go in your normal rubbish bin.

Each year, over 500 million plastic plant pots (and trays) are thrown away in the UK, generating waste at landfills or incineration depots. Yet most councils don’t accept them, due to being ‘contaminated with soil’.