Sustainable business practices in the coco-coir industry

Sustainability is a topic that is becoming an increasingly important attribute of many organisations, in response to the significant climate and ecological challenges currently being faced. In addition, COVID-19 has highlighted the need for strengthening supply chains...

Quality, sustainability and longevity in coir production

Looking out of the plane as you land at Bandaranaike International Airport north of Colombo, the capital of Sri Lanka, you see coconut palm plantations everywhere.Hardy surprising, as you’re on the southern fringe of what’s known as the ‘coconut triangle’ on the west...

Waste Water Treatment Facility

Recent years have seen a marked increase in the use of coir for cannabis cultivation and the propagation of young plants. The sensitivity of such crops has meant that buffered coir has become a substrate of choice. In the production of buffered coir substrate, calcium...

Medicoir Propagation

The producer of Medicoir growing media, a coco fibre substate specifically developed for the medicinal cannabis market, has launched a product for the propagation of young cannabis plants.“Medicoir Propagation” is a fully washed and buffered 100% coir growing media....

Medicoir launches biodegradable plastic for container growing

Medicoir, the global producer of coir substrate for cannabis crops, has launched its biodegradable plastic containers.There are many options available to when it comes to substrate choice for cannabis plants, from the size of growing container and whether to repot...

Medicoir Dryer

In an industry first for coir production, investment in a state-of-the-art drying facility ensures the issues caused by a two-year long monsoon in Sri Lanka, can never happen again.Sri Lanka is the world’s largest exporter of coir fibre products. Since the...
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