" The current way industrial plant are get for retail sales in Europe and the US is in charge plate pots , and then later adding moldable tags , plastic hang tag , or to utilise adhesive labels to the sens . This create a massive amount of wastefulness for the landfill , and unnecessary additional cost for the grower , " the Blackmore Company state .
They add : " A 1 gal sess hold 30 - 64 grams of plastic along with the weighting of the tag or recording label . Plastic pots are typically made of polypropylene with < 2 % recycled after retail sales event . tag , hang tags , and adhesive labels are typically made of PVC or vinyl with 0 % recycled . The presence of multiple plastics ( pot and tag end or label ) , adhesive from the label , or dirty pile may make recycling unavailable .
" aim shred or hang tags onto pots is often not automated . Labor is required . Assuming a Labour cost of $ 20.00 per hour : one someone can place about 800 stick ticket per time of day into a Imperial gallon corporation ( Labor cost = $ 0.025 per unit . And one person can place about 400 hang tags per time of day into a gallon lot ( Labor cost = $ 0.050 per unit of measurement ) . The covering of adhesive labels can be automated at about 2000 recording label per hour , but a person still call for to determine the machine ( DoL price = $ 0.050 per unit ) . Current on - need printed recording label are limited to supplementing pre - printed tags or label .
Pots are often grown for a specific customer . sell those plants to a new client often requires changing pots , tags , and/or label ( excess thriftlessness and confinement ) . "
According to Blackmore Company , the industrial plant - IT - Friendly retail arm is the solution to the retail credit card problem , and is part of Air Tray Technologies .
Gallon - Equivalent plants are grow in 8ct Air Trays and 100X160 mm Ellepot with Air Tray racks . " The utilization of Air Trays and Ellepots allows grower to reduce their grow times by 30 % while also reduce their soil custom by 40 % . Air Trays provides the plant with a better root word system that works for free , break the consumer a good plant . The enjoyment of Air Tray Racks allows for affordable and effective plant cause from the production area to the growing locating and finally to the transportation where on - demand printing allows the grower to choose the garden core at the point in time of shipping instead of at the fourth dimension of planting , save on re - potting and/or tag/ label variety . "
" If deficiency of consumer recycling is the problem , then it is best to keep as much credit card as possible off from the consumer and to concentrate recycling efforts with the output greenhouse or nursery where consolidation and recycling can take place well and inexpensively . Air Tray Technologies and Plant - IT - Friendly retail sleeves ply the agriculturalist savings from constitute to final sale while also give the consumer a confirming experience by significantly reducing plastic wasteland while receiving goodish industrial plant , " the Blackmore Company concludes .
See the Blackmore Company at Cultivate , booths 3019 , 3025 , and 3131
For more information : Blackmore Company[email protected]www.blackmoreco.comwww.air - trays.com
