Sustainability , labor , and time are some of the challenges growers are dealing with nowadays . Products that tackle these vault are therefore welcomed with loose arms , like the downcast - Profile tray of The HC Companies . This new tray was introduced at Cultivate'23 and attract a caboodle of interest . In this article , more about the benefits of this tray and how it fits the current growing in the market .
SustainabilitySustainability , the use of recycled plastic , and the reduction of charge plate is becoming an more and more more authoritative topic in North America . And this tray ticks the boxes , explains Richard Meule , the company ’s District Sales Manager . " It is more sustainable as it is made of recycled materials and has 30 % less charge card , which also makes it 30 % light than a stock polystyrene tray . And the fact that it is made from polypropylene , it is more pronto recyclable . Polypropylene is widely accepted in municipal recycling programme and in many municipality . "
Richard Meule at Cultivate'23 presenting the Low - Profile tray
spare labor and timeLabor seems to be one of the bragging challenge for North American growers nowadays , and they are , therefore , looking for alternatives that will enable them to save labor . According to Meule , the Low - Profile tray keep labor in several ways . " First of all , the pot and trays are embark pre - assembled to growers , which is not only saving Department of Labor but also time . ordinarily , the tray and pots are send separately and are gather by the workers in the greenhouse . With these bundled slew , we ’ve already done it already in our factory and shipped it quick to use to the grower . On top of that , more tray per person can be handled ; one mortal can move up to 4 trays at a metre ergonomically at every stage , whereas traditional trays can only be extend two at a time . And when blab about tagging , the pre - oriented tatter slots that speed up tagging , and it can be used for automated labeling systems . "
Tags can be attached to the pot and tray on several ways
Space savingAnother reward is the stackability of the trays . " The bundled pots are stackable , and as you could see in the picture above , 8 regular trays ( with 80 pots ) take up as much quad as 50 lowly - Profile Trials ( with 500 dope ) . In the storage warehouse , this mean a 20 % reduction of ship and stored pallets and no partial pallets of excess pots . Also , at the retailers , the empty tray take up less space for return or recycle . "
More benefitsOn top of the vantage mentioned above , the secure pots " deoxidize the likelihood of plant damage , allow full brushoff from top , enables fast , hassle - free merchandising with excellent trade name vulnerability , has no sharp edge , has light one - mitt clip waiver , and the tray utilizes the same can - tight step as traditional tray , which ascertain proper fit to carts and grow space .
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