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.
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.
Many plants (including indoor lilies and sago plants) are toxic to pets. Learn of toxic plants to avoid near pets (use humane slug/snail deterrents). Avoid facing indoor foliage to outdoor gardens, to help stop birds flying into windows.
Recycled plastic from the oceans is good to obviously clear, but not really a good idea to make into clothes or items that are laundered, as they can release microplastics in washing machines.
However for ‘hard items’ like plant pots, they are a great idea. Ghost fishing waste not only kills countless fish, but also many marine creatures like seals, dolphins, whales, sea turtles and sharks.
- Happy Houseplants offer pet-safe houseplants, along with a pet-friendly houseplant box. Each plant is also designed to be easy to care for. Note some pets may still be allergic.
- Hungry Plants organic houseplant feed contains the perfect NPK formula (nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium) from sustainably-harvested Irish seaweed, in a slow-release formula. 1 bottle makes 20 litres.
- Water your pot plants with Rain Can (made from recycled plastic, this has an easy-fill design and includes a little ladder for creatures to escape!)
