The sustainably-designed 3R circular trigger spray head developed by packaging specialist Berry for its customer, the family-owned German producer of cleaning products, Werner & Mertz, has received a WorldStar in the Household category of the 2023 WorldStar Global Packaging Awards, the company has announced. Organised by the World Packaging Organisation since 1970, the WorldStar Global Packaging Awards seeks to honour the best packaging solutions from around the world.
The success of the new spray head lies in the sustainability benefits offered by the design, without these compromising its performance in any way.
The product had previously also been recognised in September in the German Packaging Awards 2022, when it was honoured in the Sustainability category for its monomaterial approach in the design of a spray head that is made from over 97% PP.
This is significant as trigger heads normally require the precise coordination of many individual and complex parts, often made from a combination of different plastics and metal.
Furthermore, the components of the 3R are manufactured incorporating 29% post-consumer recycled (PCR) plastic, while the entire head is 18% lighter on average than the current market standard.
The spray head has also been designed as a screw top, allowing the bottle to be refilled and the trigger reused several times.
Featuring compact pre-compression pump ‘engine’ technology that delivers excellent spray control and even-sized particle dispersion, the head design ensures comfortable handling and ease of use.
The Berry 3R circular trigger sprayer is being used by Werner & Mertz across its range of household cleaners.
“We are very pleased about this important international recognition of our circular economy credentials. It was a particular challenge for us not only to bring a high proportion of recyclate into the functional components, but also to noticeably reduce the overall weight and increase the performance of the trigger," said Werner & Mertz owner Reinhard Schneider.