People love having a little, green piece of the nature in their homes, but it shouldn’t come at the expense of the rest natural world. That’s why we’ve always committed to running Little Green as responsibly and sustainably as we can.
All of our plants are potted in peat-free compost and in plastic-free terracotta pots. Little Green’s little HQ is run entirely on renewable energy and we even run our own recycling scheme for unused plant pots. We pretty proud of all that, but we can always do more and we won’t be slowing-down on sustainability any time soon!
Plastic plant pots can be problematic as they are commonly made from ‘hard plastics’ which many local councils don’t accept in kerbside collections. This leads to most of them either piling-up in gardens and sheds or just being thrown in the wheelie bin to be dumped on landfill.
That’s why we’ve partnered with the Five Acre Farm to create our own recycling scheme. We’ll take-in your unwanted, hard-to-recycle plastic plant pots and put them back to work, keeping them out of landfill.
Old plastic plant pots can be surprising useful. Many of your donated pots get put to use on Five Acre Farm and used to grow things like organic fruit and vegetables. We also help-out local education and community organisations who run engaging horticulture projects with children and vulnerable people.
Got some pots?
Just rinse-off your unwanted plastic pots and drop them off at our Tobacco Factory market stall on Sunday. We’ll take them off your hands and put them to good use.
Need some pots?
If you need some free plastic plant pots, just drop us a message and let us know roughly how many you need and if you have any other preferences such as size. We’ll do our best to get some for you.
Little Green HQ runs entirely on clean, renewable energy from the sun, sea and air.
During the day, our own rooftop solar panels get the kettle boiling and keep our potting hands warm. When the sun goes down, we pipe-in renewable energy from Ecotricity.
We’re always working hard to decrease our use of fossil fuels, and this extends to making deliveries and plant maintenance visits by bike whenever possible.