LANDSCAPE SERVICES
MODFIORM INTRODUCES
ECO-EXPERT TO THE
LANDSCAPE SECTOR
WHAT IS ECO-EXPERT
Modiform constantly strives to
produce packaging and transport
products for horticulture that are
sustainable and environmentally
friendly. We realise that sometimes
our plastic products won’t come
back to us or go for recycling
somewhere else. For instance, the
used pots of landscapers are often
landfilled or put into kerbside bins
where they don’t get recycled.
Therefore Modiform have looked
into other materials and other
markets to see what can be used
in these types of situations. After
the ‘research’ years Modiform have
created a new product range called
‘EcoExpert’. This product range
is made from paper fibre instead
of plastic. The paper used is 100%
recycled (waste from production of
cardboard boxes) and comes from
FSC sources. Even the used natural
wax is completely biodegradable.
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The EcoExpert’s products can easily
be recycled through the standard
household or commercial cardboard
recycling system. Even better for
the landscape industry, not only can
it be recycled but it can be planted
straight into the ground. And if
it finds its way into the natural
environment it will degrade within
a year.
BENEFITS OF ECO-EXPERT
EcoExpert transport trays have a
great benefit for retailers and the
environment. Plants delivered in
plastic trays have to be separated
from the usual cardboard secondary
packaging that retailers have to
deal with. With the EcoExpert
trays retailers can treat them as
they would any cardboard box and
throw it in the standard cardboard
recycling system. This saves retailers
time and money.
EcoExpert pots have a great benefit
for retailers, consumers, landscapers
and the environment. Currently
landscapers have to squeeze the
plant carefully out of the plastic pot,
and after planting the plants they
are left with many plastic plant pots
to do something with. Growers don’t
want to take them back and councils
won’t recycled them. Landscapers
end up paying to dispose of the
pots commercially. EcoExpert pots
are different: they can be planted
with the plant into the ground,
where they will degrade and the
roots will break through. This saves
landscapers time and money on
site and contributes to reducing the
plastic waste from our sector.
Why not ask your grower or plant
supplier to provide your plants in
EcoExpert pots?
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