CHEM+POUR Bag – Helping the Environment

For many companies, their reagents come in plastic or glass bottles and jugs. Is there really a good reason for that, or is it just because a better option hasn’t been available until now? 

At Chata, we’re sure that it’s the latter. Our new CHEM+POUR Bag, design specifically to support aseptic manufacturing, is an evolution to plastic and glass bottles in so many different ways. One of the most important benefits to us and to our customers is the CHEM+POUR Bag’s drastically reduced environmental footprint.

Plastic bottles take up a huge amount of space when you dispose of them after use, as you already know if you’ve been using them in your facility. The bottles don’t easily fit together in a compact manner and they take up more space when you dispose of them because they’ve lost the weight that they originally had when full, so they tend to move and slide around easily.

The CHEM+POUR Bags are different because they don’t have a rigid structure.  The CHEM+POUR Bags deflate entirely once they’re emptied, so rather than maintaining the rigid, space consuming shape of a plastic bottle when you dispose of them, they lay flat and easily stack together into a bag. 

Because of their flat, easy to stack design, 100 4L Chata CHEM+POUR Bags take up 84% less space than 100 4L plastic bottles that hold the same reagents.

That’s important because new environmental regulations and initiatives are pushing to reduce waste and increase innovation. Combined with this many companies have initiatives to reduce their waste and environmental footprint.  Adding more plastic bottles to the waste that we already produce is a step in the wrong direction and now you have a more environmentally friendly option that happens to be an evolution to plastic bottles in other ways, as well.

The CHEM+POUR Bag also provides a smoother, more controlled pour when using the bag. This is because it decompresses from the exterior as you pour also meaning that you don’t have to worry about the “glug” and splashes that come from emptying a large plastic or glass bottle. The Chata CHEM+POUR Bag gives you a smooth, controlled pour in an environmentally friendly bag for your reagents 4L or less, so you always have the right size. All with a design and functionality to support aseptic manufacturing to ensure you don’t breach the sterile field when using it.

The fact that it’s a bag and not rigid, doesn’t make the CHEM+POUR Bag harder to handle. The built-in handles on the bag makes it easy to carry and provides the perfect grip when pouring out the contents of the bag. The bag also takes up the same shelf space as bottles, so there’s no tradeoff between shelf space and disposal footprint.

It will also allow you to remove glass bottles from your operation which means increased employee safety and that you don’t have to worry about washing glassware.  It truly is a more innovative, efficient, and environmentally friendly option.

Do yourself, and the environment, a favor and make the switch from wasteful and space-consuming plastic or dangerous and labor some glass bottles to the Chata CHEM+POUR Bag. If you think it’s time for your facility to start making a difference in its environmental footprint, then contact Chata today.