For the first time, the Royal Canadian Legion is offering biodegradable poppies, as well as wreaths.
Brian Harris, who leads the legion's poppy campaign in Ontario, said the 2022 symbols of support for veterans are made with cotton velvet, bamboo, non-woven fabric and some string.
"You would be able to tell by just looking at them; the actual composition of it almost looks like it's stamped out of the material," he said. "It's the same colour, but if you look at the back, it's not quite as shiny as poppies were in past."
Previous poppies were made of plastic and felt.
The Royal Canadian Legion is going through residual stock of the plastic poppies before they're completely replaced by their biodegradable counterparts.
"Probably by next year, all the poppies that you'll see out and about will be the new biodegradable ones," Harris said.
Across Canada, 22 million to 25 million poppies — including 50,000 to 100,000 in the Windsor area — are distributed each year, according to Harris.
I nearly alway`s take several pic.`s from the same subject. Pic. nr. 1 is for 365. the nex nice one for F.B.