THERMOFORMED packaging manufacturer Macpac is urging the horticultural industry to start planning for the 2024 growing season with its range of Plantpac products.
The company said its solutions allow mail order growers and nurseries to ensure the ‘safe and secure’ delivery of seeds, saplings, or larger plants.
Macpac’s ‘breathe-easy’ plug plant and seed tray packs are available in a variety of sizes. Developed in conjunction with a major mail order plant supplier, the Plantpac packs are described as easy to assemble and provide ‘excellent’ protection and ventilation for plants during transit and display.
The containers feature a locking feature for ‘simple, secure and fast’ closure, even when wearing gloves.
Macpac’s Ready-to-Post packs have been designed for letterbox delivery, allowing plug plants to be sent through the postal system at a large letter pack rate.
Growers simply place plug plants into the cavities, close the pack shut and clip in the secure closure tabs. Macpac said that, provided they are closed properly and not overfilled, the Plantpac packs fit within the Royal Mail large letter postal criteria of measuring less than 25mm thickness.
Macpac’s plug plant clam packs boast a self-locking feature. The firm offers 28 variations of stock clam packs with configurations ranging from 1 x 15cm plug pot to 12 x 3cm plug pots.
Produced from up to 90% recycled rPET, the Plantpac range is said to be fully recyclable through either kerbside collection or council recycling centres. The Jazz rPET is a material blend manufactured without the use of a masterbatch, making it detectable by the optical near infra-red (NIR) sorting systems used by council and waste management companies.
All Plantpac products can be manufactured in clear rPET for high clarity foliage display and personalised with customer logos.
