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Cedar Planters Garden Trowel

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Cedar Planters

Cedar Planters

Trowel, Garden Hand Shovel

The steel may be fine; we simply cannot verify more. If you want certainty, look for tools whose maker states solid hardwood or full-tang steel construction outright.

3 / 10 Medium plastic footprint $$

A steel hand trowel from a small planter company that tells you almost nothing else about it. Scored on the disclosure gate: nothing hazardous claimed, nothing verifiable either.

How this score breaks down

Plastic in the product and its packaging Plastic-free
Head in steel per the brand. Handle material not disclosed; grip not disclosed; no blade coating is claimed anywhere, which at least means no non-stick chemistry is advertised.
Microplastic shedding and leaching Sheds some
No synthetic components disclosed; the undisclosed handle is the question mark.
End of life: persistence and recovery Mostly recovers
Not stated. Recyclable, repairable, or genuinely recovered; low persistence.
Plastic-derived chemicals of concern Low concern
No PFAS, PTFE, BPA, or other leaching plastics in food or heat contact.
Transparency and verification Little disclosed
The retailer listing claims stainless steel, FSC-certified hardwood, and Made in Canada; none of that appears on the brand’s own page and no FSC license exists for this brand, so we print none of it.

Strengths

  • Steel head
  • No coating chemistry claimed
  • Simple, repairable format

Trade-offs

  • Handle material undisclosed
  • No packaging or origin disclosure
  • Retailer claims outrun the brandu2019s own page

What's inside

Head in steel per the brand. Handle material not disclosed; grip not disclosed; no blade coating is claimed anywhere, which at least means no non-stick chemistry is advertised.

PartMaterial
HeadSteel
HandleMaterial not disclosed, walnut colored per brand
Packaging
Not stated
Microplastics
No synthetic components disclosed; the undisclosed handle is the question mark.

Attributes

What this product is, at a glance.

Disclosure-gated score

Certifications

None listed. We only show independent third-party certifications we can verify with the issuing body, and this product does not currently hold any.

About Cedar Planters

Cedar Planters is a planter maker whose own page describes this tool only as a steel shovel with a walnut colored handle. Walnut colored is a color, not a material, so the handle could be wood or could be plastic.

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