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Easy Grow – New bedding plants initiativeTim ClappB&Q

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Easy Grow Bedding

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Bedding Plant Production

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Objectives

• Reduction in Peat usage• 100% Recycle• Improve quality and shelf life• Make it easier for the customer• Reduction in transport

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Coir Production• 100 Coconut Plantations• 46 Fibre Mills• 3 Processing Facilities

• Environmental Management System Standard – ISO 14001:2004 • Occupational Health and Safety Management System Standard (OHSAS

18001:2007) • Quality Management System Standard – ISO 9001:2008 • RHP quality mark by the European Certification Institute for the Agricultural

Sector (ECAS B.V. – European Certification for Agricultural Sector)• B&Q CSR Verification

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Tea Bag Production

• The coir is held in place by BioWeb made from (PLA). It is a renewable and sustainable biopolymer made from plant sugars and is biodegradable and compostable and is used for teabags. Its able to decompose in the presence of micro organisms by 90% in 6 months.

• Coir is quick and easy to rehydrate aided by a percentage of water getting “stuck” to the coir.

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Tray Production

• 100% RPET – the tray is made from recycled fizzy drink bottles

• tray can go directly into customers recycling bins

• no landfill

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Benefits

• over 25% reduction in pack size from polystyrene to plastic.

• over 50% reduction in volume of packaging.

• customer can recycle empty tray into their recycle bin.

• teabag and plant is green waste suitable for brown bin, composting etc.

• significantly reduced landfill.

• improved water rehydration and tolerance.

• grown in peat free sustainable coir.

• reduced water required.

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Benefits

• 45 more on a trolley.

• > 25% more on a vehicle, less equipment, less journeys.

• > 25% more space freed up in plant merchandising.

• > 25% more in customer trolleys.

• no broken polystyrene in store.

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Awards

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