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What is Ocean-Bound Plastic?

Plastic waste identified as having the potential to be swept into our oceans is considered ocean-bound plastic, unlike recycled plastics, typically collected at the curb by waste management companies. They reside approximately 31 miles (or 50 km) from high-risk coastlines, whose communities cannot create and maintain recycling programs or regulate landfills. It’s important to note that ocean-bound plastics are not pulled directly from the ocean.

They are often manually recovered, sorted, cleaned, and eventually restored to raw resin material ready for reuse. Ocean-bound plastic is usually composed of high-density polyethylene (HDPE), considered the strongest of all plastics. It preserves the ability to be recycled multiple times and reduces the increasing demand to produce more virgin resin material, which only adds to society’s existing plastic waste problem.

What is the advantage of using HC’s OceanChoice™?

The advantages for growers and the environment of using HC’s OceanChoice™ plastic in the manufacturing of horticulture containers include the following:

• HC’s OceanChoice™ horticulture containers provide growers with the identical functionality, durability, and versatility of traditional resin containers in a more sustainable option.
• Ocean-bound plastic is readily available and avoids the volatility of raw resin prices.
• Growing containers manufactured with OceanChoice™ plastic can be recycled again in most municipal recycling programs for a truly circular economy.
• Like any post-consumer recycled plastic, utilizing ocean-bound plastic rather than manufacturing plastic from scratch reduces greenhouse gas emissions and energy usage by 60% per gram of resin.
• Utilizing ocean-bound plastic helps prevent plastic waste from polluting our waterways – an increasing concern among consumers today.