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Barton Grange, Fron Goch and Fairways clinch top awards in GCA North region
SOLEX 2025 closes on a high as show hailed as great success
Eco Fuego, Kadai, Zest, Broil King, HEX Living and Hartman celebrate winning SOLEX 2025 Awards
F1 Grand Prix themed party hailed great success
BBQ expertise with The Shropshire Lad
The Loving Outdoor Living Zone proves popular
ecofective range honoured at Environmental Packaging Awards
Corby + Fellas partners with Highfield Garden World
South Staffs garden centre on the market
Named Fund created to celebrate the support of Smart Garden Products
Yorkshire Garden Centre Group raises over £11,000 from till donations in two months
HTA supports Business with Europe at urban garden event
HTA"s response to water restrictions in Yorkshire
Record show gardens and 90,000 visitors at BBC Gardeners’ World Live
Millbrook Garden Centre wins South East Local Garden Centre of the Year 
Positive participation for British group at spoga+gafa
Glee Green Heart set to bloom in 2025
New bursary launched to support next generation of horticultural talent
HTA marks five years of Planet Mark certification
BBC Gardeners’ World Autumn Fair makes August return to Audley End House and Gardens
Hillier partners with Nexer for Microsoft D365 implementation
Autumn Fair unveils exceptional benefits for retail buyers
Mental Health Charity, Growing Well, Launches Native Tree Nursery at Tebay Services
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UK lavender season will finish early due to hot weather
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Rare plant found on Wildlife Trust nature reserve in Hertfordshire
World’s best nature photography on display in breathtaking Eden Project exhibition
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Old Railway Line joins ITV’s This Morning for garden makeover
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Meadow View Stone’s Glee launches deliver results
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ecofective range honoured at Environmental Packaging Awards
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Sipcam Home & Garden is proud to announce that its pioneering ecofective® garden care Spray Pouch range has been recognised with a prestigious Environmental Packaging Award - a win that celebrates innovation, sustainability, and meaningful change at shelf-level and beyond.

 

ecofective® won the Environmental Packaging Awards - Household Goods category, with stiff competition from top tier brands such as Shark.

 

Launched in 2024, the ecofective® Spray Pouch range introduced a ground-breaking packaging concept never seen before in the garden care market: a flexible pouch paired with an integrated spray nozzle.

 

The Spray Pouches have proved to be super easy to use in a one-handed operation, offering both convenience and conscious consumption. By using up to 55% less plastic than conventional rigid bottles, ecofective® Spray Pouches provide gardeners with highly effective results, while dramatically reducing environmental impact.

 

 

The award-winning range includes four core formulations that reflect ecofective®’s promise of eco-friendly performance:

  • Slug Stoppa - an eco-way to shield edible and non-edible plants from slugs and snails, without hurting them and the winner of the 2024 GIMA Sword of Excellence. 
  • Bug Stoppa - Physical control of a wide spectrum of pests including greenfly, blackfly, spider mite, and scale insect.
  • Disease Stoppa - Shields plants from common diseases like powdery mildew by creating an invisible protective barrier.
  • Rose Defender - Dual-action protection and nutrition for bright, healthy blooms, free from bugs and mildew.

ecofective® aims to bring to market products that not only provide effective solutions to common gardening problems but do so without negatively impacting the environment. All products are pesticide-freewildlife friendly and safe for use around children and pets.

 

Beyond their environmental credentials, the spray pouches offer standout in-store presence. Their full-surface branding creates eye-catching, seamless packaging design, while their weather-proof construction allows for merchandising both indoors and in undercover outdoor spaces—ideal for secondary placements and link sales.

This award recognises not only packaging excellence but a vision for a better, more responsible future in home and garden care. ecofective® is honoured to receive it and is proud to lead the charge towards a greener tomorrow. 

 

The accolade reinforces support for the ecofective® brand breaking the norm of plastic bottles and giving retailers a wonderful opportunity to support sustainable solutions. 

 

Speak to the Sipcam Home & Garden team today about how you can encourage UK gardener’s to ‘Bin the Bottle’ and pick up a pouch! Email – enquiries@sipcmhg.co.uk

 

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