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Homes & Gardens
Alex David

Best eco-friendly houseplant tools – 9 ways to protect your indoor plants from microplastics

Putting a rubber tree into a pot next to wooden tools .

The popularity of houseplants shows no signs of slowing down. And if you stick to cheap, plastic tools, they can be a relatively inexpensive hobby.

However, these plastic gardening tools can introduce microplastics to your houseplants. When these tools break down, they knock microscopic pieces of plastic into the soil, which can harm your plants by preventing proper water uptake and damaging the roots.

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