Buyers now demand that Home Depot stop selling this
You can buy one of these "destructive" products without knowing it.
Most of usHead to Home Depot With a list in hand or a project in mind. Unless you arereally In the improvement of the house, you probably do not go away the aisles. The retailer's inventory is quite specific, but that does not mean that it is limited, because these stores transport everything, from massive devices to the smallest nuts and bolts. There is a home depot product on its shelves, some buyers of which are not satisfied, however, and there is now a petition to remove it. Read the rest to discover what customers demand that these stores stop selling.
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More attention has been paid to invasive species in recent times.
The word "invasive" has a negative connotation, and when it isplants, you should certainly take into account the warning. According to the forest service of the American Department of Agriculture (USDA), invasive species are those that are not from American ecosystems, and when introduceddamage to the environment or harm human health. ""AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB
Invasive plants are able to ensure that native species, and because they do not have natural predators, they can spread quickly and without restraint. They can also disrupt the food chain and the diversity of species, according to the National Wildlife Foundation. Removing them and containing them also cost very expensive, costing the United States in the United States.21 billion dollars per year, according to data from a February study published in the journalTotal environmental science.
In this spirit, it is clear that you should avoid invasive species as much as possible. Unfortunately, you could buy them accidentally directly from the Garden center of Home Depot.
Avoid these plants during shopping.
Invasive plants are a threat to the environment, but Home Depot is currently selling a wide range in stores and online,Including Cogongrass, Chinese and Japanese private, Iris of yellow flag, Japanese spark, English Ivy, andCALLY PEAR TREES, to name just a few. Now a petition on change.org hassteamed, calling the domiciliary renovation retailer to completely stop the sale of these invasives.
"The gardeners and the owners trust Home Depot to sell beneficial plants for our homes, our neighborhoods and our environment - not destructive plants for our economy, our health and our parks", the petition, launched byLauren Taylor, bed. "Instead of improving things, Home Depot creates a more important problem by selling these invasive plants."
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The petition has nearly 50,000 signatures.
According to FFXNOW, Taylor is a volunteer for the invasive management area of Fairfax County in Virginia, and it was motivated topetition After spotting certain invasive plants in Home Depot stores in Virginia. According to Taylor's calculations, Home Depot sells at least 35 factories that are considered invasive in one or more parts of the country, she told the media.
"So, Home Depot, I'm sure they sell hundreds, if not potentially thousands of [units] of different plants," Taylor told FFXNOW. "We only ask them to stop selling 35."
Since its launch earlier this summer, the online petition - which is addressedTed Throwing, CEO and president of Home Depot, andCraig Menear, the president of the council of the retailer - reached nearly 50,000 signatures on August 17.
Better life contacted Home Depot to comment on the petition and the sale of invasive plants, but has not yet heard.
The problem is not limited to Home Depot.
In the petition, Taylor said that Home Depot "is by far the worst place to go to buy the invasive plants without knowing". However, it is not the only retailer who keeps these dangerous plants in stock, she said, adding that they are sold online and in garden centers across the country.
"I should not have to ask myself if the plant that I buy harm the planet, or threaten the future of my children, destroying our ecosystems," wrote Taylor in the petition.
She also said that the "general public without instruction" is the biggest problem, because they buy these plants which seem "innocent in their small pots in the garden center". The average gardener may not be aware that the pretty perverse flowers are invasive in 11 American states, or that the butterfly bush that they buy is invasive in six.
"The invasive species are so out of control that many people feel completely helpless," wrote Taylor, encouraging a call for action. "But we have to start somewhere, and Home Depot can start today. Stop selling invasive plants. This will only get worse unless we change now."
