Solar Shrink® is a patented agricultural mulch film that does the same job as conventional film using up to 33% less plastic — shrinking drum-tight to the bed in sunlight, then lifting clean at season end for recycling.
Solar Shrink isn't down-gauged conventional film. Custom machinery physically modifies the film's molecular structure — so it can be thinner and lighter without giving up the performance growers rely on.
The sheet shrinks permanently in sunshine and conforms to the contours of the bed — drum-tight, with no flapping, even on rough ground.
Higher breaking strength and puncture resistance, retained through the season thanks to premium polymers and chemical-resistant UV stabilisers.
Less weight of plastic per foot means lower cost, longer rolls, fewer roll-change stoppages — and far less plastic to dispose of.
Strength lets the film be machine-lifted intact at season end, leaving less plastic in the soil and producing a cleaner, single-polymer recycling stream.
Tight bed contact improves heat transfer and traps moisture, supporting earlier, more uniform crop establishment.
No billowing means less water and fertiliser loss, fewer weeds and less seedling damage from rubbing plastic — a better root-zone environment.
A screening LCA (COMPASS 2023.3, ISO 14040 methodology) compared Solar Shrink Ultra against 1.5 mil conventional film for the same field job. Using ~33% less plastic, every impact category fell by about a third.
Solar Shrink is available in the colours and configurations growers already use — including the highest-barrier Totally Impermeable Film (TIF) on the market.
The reduced polymer volume keeps Solar Shrink competitive on price while cutting plastic use.
Reflects light to help cool the bed in warm-climate production.
The highest barrier properties of any competitive brand — even at least 20% thinner.
Use the calculator to estimate the plastic, carbon and water you'd save by switching — based on your own film volumes.
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