A tray producing companionship that sample to urge growers to bribe fewer trays . That might seem strange , but the view of the HerkuPlast team is set on the tenacious term . “ The future growth of the horticultural industry depends also on the sustainability of the industry . Using perdurable trays when potential and recycle them is one of our way to contribute to this ” , says Alfred Boot with HerkuPlast .
Alfred Boot with HerkuPlast
switch in demand for traysHerkuPlast has been in the industry since 1972 and has see to it a switch in demand for the tray in the indoor growing market . Labour lay aside issue for example press agriculturist to look into solutions like full automatic planting , transplanting and harvesting – developments that have an impact on how plant are being produced and direct to new method . “ Then there is the on-going trend in more and more exercise of glue plugs , paper great deal , push pots and growcoons – these all ask for unequalled tray solution . Back in 2000 we only had 24 tray in our compartmentalization – right now there are almost 500 models in our catalogue – a act that would climb to about a thousand if we would admit all custom - made edition . It ’s important to answer the raiser ' demand . ”
Another trend in horticulture is sustaining the industry . The use of plastic is discussed generally in the horticultural diligence , particularly the interrogation of how to reduce the use of charge card . “ Trays are a small , but an important part in this cycle ” , says Alfred . “ In that it is crucial to look at the complete history and base your determination on that complete story – including the production costs , recyclability and vim costs . ”
recyclable or one - way traysThe team with HerkuPlast provide various line to take into consideration : the recyclable QuickPot crease , consisting of polystyrene tray from first class recycled informant , and the HerkuPak cutting tray , one - means trays that are made out of light cloth . “ If we are able to break up up old charge card and reprocess this well for producing a newfangled product , that can be the optimal root in term of sustainability – yet this is often not the guinea pig since horticultural companies are circulate out all over the Earth , thus we see how our QuickPot ancestry can help growers improve the sustainability of their line of work ” , Alfred explain . “ The reprocess material that is used for the QuickPot trays receives the best ultraviolet illumination treatment so the tray can stomach the minus effects of igniter , thus enable grower to practice the trays as long as potential . They have a lifespan that easily endures over ten long time , whereas the carving tray are reuse after one year of growing . ”
“ With a life-time of 10 years , the perdurable trays use up to 70 % less fabric compared to one - way trays ” , Alfred continues . “ for instance , a one - way Danish size tray 77 weighs 160 grams , a long-lived tray is 400 grams . With a lifespan of 10 class , you will need 1,600 g over this menstruation for the one - way tray , that is , if you apply the tray only once a year . The difference can be two-fold or triple when you have 2 or 3 cycles a year ! So imagine 4800 grams for 10 year of growing in a loose tray versus 400 gramme of growing in a durable , comfortable to deal tray ! "
vigour savingsIn addition , HerkuPlast has account that the amount of energy preserve when using indestructible trays can be approximative 65 % . The energy need to produce , transport and recycle durable tray is substantially grim then with light , one - path trays .
“ After the trays have been used , they have again a high recycle economic value ” , he add together . “ Then there ’s the freight pollution in bringing the trays from the mill to the growers – and the recycle cull up and recycling cost / waste . If the tray have to be ship from the factory to the grower each year and have to be picked up there as well , it lend up to 20 time transport over ten years . With durable trays we can reduce that number . ”
A bonus of pretty in high spirits relevance to the grower is that though long animation trays be 3 to 4 time more than one - way of life models , the total costs for using recollective life tray are importantly low . On the other hand , that also means that the dollar volume for HerkuPlast is low-pitched . What ’s the catch ? Alfred explains how the company is looking for a long - terminus return on investment and that can only happen if the industry is flourishing . “ The future tense of the horticultural industry depends on the sustainability of the manufacture . We put up to this with our environmental strategy . This involves many aspects : production banner , material standard , solutions for re - manipulation ” , he add up up . “ We ’ve invested in solar panel to cover a substantial part of our energy want , but that is only a modest drop in the bucketful . Our bragging investment can be made by helping the industry reuse , reduce and reuse their plastics . ”
For more information and samples : HerkuPlastAlfred Boot[email protected]www.herkuplast.com
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