Plastic bins?

[kiwi]

My local hardware store has a great special on new big black "fish bins" at the moment. I'm thinking about buying a few as containers for growing veg. They already have drainage holes and look perfect.
Is there any type of plastic you should steer away from with regard to leaching or soil contamination from the plastic?

cheers

[timbrenn]

Do you know what kind of plastic it is?

If you look on the bottom there is often a number moulded in to it which tells you the kind of plastic.

Try and steer away from #3, #6, and #7.

these are PVC, Polystyrene, Polycarbonates

[Urban-Wombat]

Hi Kiwi .. maybe use them as wicking boxes UW

[kiwi]

You mean like this UW
Scarecrow's Garden: Wicking Box Gardens
looks quite complicated... but fun