A tray is a shallow platform designed for the carrying of items. It can be fashioned from numerous materials, including silver, brass, sheet iron, paperboard, wood, melamine, and molded pulp. Trays range in cost from inexpensive molded pulp trays which are disposable and inexpensive melamine trays used in cafeterias, to mid-priced wooden trays used in a home, to expensive silver trays used in luxury hotels. Some examples have raised galleries, handles, and short feet for support.
Brass tray inlaid with silver, Egypt or Syria, 19th century
Waiter with waitperson service tray in Vienna, Austria.
A seed tray used in horticulture for sowing and taking plant cuttings and growing plugs
Pasztecik szczeciński on a small paper tray, with barszcz in a beaker, Poland
Molded pulp or molded fiber is a packaging material, that is typically made from recycled paperboard and/or newsprint. It is used for protective packaging or for food service trays and beverage carriers. Other typical uses are end caps, trays, plates, bowls and clamshell containers.
Interior packaging for a tap or faucet
Image: Mc Donalds Molded Pulp Drink Tray Top
Image: Mc Donalds Molded Pulp Drink Tray Bottom
Image: Mc Donalds Molded Pulp Drink Tray Top Closeup
