![]() ![]() It has better thermal stability, higher resistance to cracking, good thermoforming range, is UV-resistant, and has greater scratch tolerances. Ĭlear Cast Acrylic- Manufactured by casting the chemicals, initiators, and additives into a mold and allowing it to form/set that way giving it a higher molecular weight. There are many types of acrylic, the most common being, Clear Cast, Clear Extruded, Patterned Acrylic, Mirrored Acrylic, UV Resistant, and Colored Acrylic. Acrylic is incredibly versatile and is commonly found in a variety of products/goods such as lenses, nail polish, security barriers, windows, furniture, and fish aquariums. This material is very similar to polycarbonate and can be used in a lot of the same applications. Acrylic can be laser cut allowing for precise shapes and cuts and can be easily flamed polished for beautiful edges. Acrylic has a heat tolerance of 320 ° F and can be heated to its melting point, cooled, and reheated again without any sort of degradation to the material. It has a glass-like appearance but is 50% lighter in weight in comparison. Acrylic is 17 times the impact resistance of glass and is practically shatterproof. ![]() Plexiglas ® is the most popular brand name of Acrylic which is why it is often referred to as Plexiglass. Want to recycle your plastic planter pots? Head to your nearest The Home Depot’s Garden Center.Acrylic, also commonly known as Plexiglass, is a thermoplastic that has outstanding strength, great optical clarity, and good scratch resistance properties. It’s just the right thing to do,” says Tiffany Seto, The Home Depot’s Manager, Environmental Sustainability. We offer this service to our customers based on the environmental impact of plastic. “The Home Depot’s core values are based on doing the right thing, and this commitment extends to our communities and the environment. ![]() The home improvement retailer also donates the plastic film used to wrap its products to Trex, a decking company which uses the plastic in their products. By recycling what would otherwise be discarded, The Home Depot is moving toward a circular economy.įinding ways to better use and reduce plastics is important to The Home Depot. Recycled plastic containers can recover upwards of 60% of the energy tied to initial product processing and diverts unnecessary waste from the landfill. Every year, East Jordan Plastics recycles more than 15 million pounds of used plastic containers, equivalent to nearly 1,000 semi-truck loads of containers. When the pots are no longer reusable, The Home Depot’s partner, East Jordan Plastics Inc., turns them into new pots, trays, and hanging baskets. At all The Home Depot Garden Centers nationwide, customers can bring back their empty pots for growers to refill. In 2009, The Home Depot started a recycling program for plastic plant containers that reuses and recycles the plastic pots that hold flowers, plants, bushes and trees. So, what to do with all those empty plastic plant containers? Every year, people throw away enough plastics to circle the Earth four times. This includes some containers that hold plants and flowers. Many curbside recycling programs don’t accept plastics that are harder to recycle. Spring is in the air, which means planting season is here! While flowers are beautiful, plastic waste is not.
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