SoilWrap container receives Greener Package Award

Ball Innovations, a business unit of Ball Horticultural Co., has won a Greener Package Award for SoilWrap, a bio-based, plantable growing container. The Greener Package Awards competition is sponsored by Summit Publishing’s GreenerPackage.com, which recognizes innovations in five categories that significantly reduce packaging’s environmental footprint.
The bottomless pot design, winner in the Non-Food Primary Packaging category is made from Mirel, a renewable, biodegradable and environmental friendly material. SoilWrap was designed by Greg Trabka, sustainable horticulture specialist at Ball Innovations.
The plantable, printable design reduces transplant time by 30% and eliminates having to clean up and discard pots after planting. It also reduces transplant shock and loss due to breakage during transplanting. It’s degradable in the ground in 6-12 months and allows growers the option of full color, customized printing for retail presentation. The official full scale launch of SoilWrap is set for the California Spring Trials, March 26-April 1, 2011.
Ball Innovations will receive the Greener Package Award during the Showcase of Packaging Innovations at Pack Expo International in Chicago, Oct. 31-Nov. 3.

Pictured: Ball Innovations’ SoilWrap growing container has won a Greener Package Award in the Non-Food Packaging category.