Nursery groundcovers with recycled content

With its launch of Recover, a long-lasting, strong and more sustainable solution for weed control, BTT will introduce a state-of-the-art woven horticultural groundcovers for indoor and outdoor nurseries.
To be unveiled the debut of Beaulieu Technical Textiles, Comines-Warneton/Belgium, a member of Beaulieu International Group, at GreenTech Amsterdam from June 13-15, 2023, the innovative interwoven polypropylene (PP) groundcover has been specifically designed to address nurseries’ unmet needs for increased durability and longevity, and to deliver reduced CO₂ footprint thanks to its 30% recycled content.
Recover requires less virgin PP to produce and can be recycled at the end of its life, contributing to keeping waste streams in the economy and out of incineration or landfill. The new product offers a proven step up on the performance properties of groundcovers that typically stay in use for a minimum of 10 years, and which face repeated heavy mechanical stress and friction from vehicles, temperature fluctuations that can cause instability and shrinkage, and significant exposure to UV-light over their lifetime.
The new groundcover is designed with recycled content. A total of 30% post-industrial waste, produced in Beaulieu’s recycling unit, is added during the production process. This creates up to 35% CO₂ reduction, a lower carbon footprint which has been calculated through a Cradle to Gate LCA.

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Nurseries benefit from a unique, more resistant solution thanks to the good balance between strength and elongation of the fabric. The quality and processing of the tape has resulted in a very strong fabric with good friction resistance.
It also resists UV light up to 900 kLy for greater longevity and is designed to stay stable even when exposed to temperature fluctuations. A dense fabric structure and black tape avoid light going through, which is necessary for effective weed control. Recover’s specific black and white design was created to limit the capture of heat by the ground cover and achieve thermal balance, as well as making it easier to achieve accurate positioning of the pots and plants on the field.
Its advanced performance properties and service life are being put to the test in a field trial, with continuous monitoring to assess and confirm the benefits for the user in changing conditions.