When considering storage and transportation requirements for your goods and products, it’s essential to have a check list to make sure you get the optimum product for your needs.
For example, if you are transporting delicate lightweight goods, perhaps corrugated stackable trays would be best.
Trays should be:
– Lightweight
– Strong to be able to hold the weight of the products being carried
– Recyclable for environmental reasons
– Flat-pack stackable until required to save on storage space
– Cost-effective, as they are disposable
Innovative New Product
There is great news for anyone who uses corrugated cardboard for transportation of fruit and vegetables or other delicate goods.
A new product has just been patented that utilises the current single blank of cardboard, which is light and easily stackable, but the new and improved version no longer requires reinforcing panels that need to be added after assembly.
The newly patented corrugated tray has built-in reinforcements to the corners in the shape of a prism so that there is double thickness at the edges to provide strength.
And as they are only manufactured and available in bulk, costs are kept to a minimum.
They are manufactured from an almost square piece of cardboard, so there is little waste. This is good news not only from a manufacturing cost perspective but also from an environmental point of view.
This new and improved packing is the brainchild of corrugated cardboard packaging manufacturers D S Smith, who have thought about the recyclability of the product after use.
No staples or adhesive are required to keep the trays together, so they are not contaminated when they go for recycling.
After use the trays can be easily flattened into non-bulky tidy stacks, ready for transportation to the recycling centre.
For full details of the newly patented stacking trays visit the Packing News website: http://www.packagingnews.co.uk/features/comment/soapbox/paul-foot-strengthening-corrugated-cardboard-for-storage-and-transport-09-02-2016.
Of course, these cardboard stacking trays are ideal for transporting delicate perishable goods, but for storing goods longer-term sturdy stacking bin racks like those available at https://www.rackzone.ie/bin-racks may be a better option.
The more robust storage options may not be as light and compact, but they are durable and last for years so are better for the environment than the more expendable storage options. Of course, it depends on your storage and transportation needs.