This new redesigned barrier structured 20litres jug for chlorpyrifos 500 insecticide from a & c packers pty ltd. Of australia, with builtin handles on two sides and a tamperevident, mechanical closure is 30percent more efficient for transport and storage. Usually full containers are shipped twolayershigh on a pallet which represents 640 liters of product for the steel drums, in contrast to the new jug shape which allows twenty jugs per layer, two high, adding up to 800 litres in the same space. The new jug also is reusable with a 5year life cycle and recyclable as the resin from the recycled containers can be used to make drainage pipes. Standard hdpe containers require to be fluorinated. Fluorination is a chemical reaction that introduces fluorine into a compound. It prevents container panelling and distortion and reduces chemical permeation, weight loss, odour emission and flavour or fragrance loss. To bypass the additional fluorination step, a&c packers developed a proprietary sixlayer extrusionblowmoulded hdpe container with the necessary barrier made of dupont&rsquos selar polyamide, an amorphous nylon resin that needs no fluorination. Besides the special barrier construction, the container also offers a new 63mm, easy pour &ldquoglugfree&rdquo, tamperevident, wedgeseal neck design from dorony pty ltd. An elegant solution to the glugging problem relying on the container design along with the position of the neck.
