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Plastic Making a Comeback?

plastic bags, retail bags, poly bags, promotional plastic bags


Yes, plastic bags aredisappearing in cities nationwide. Plastic bag bans and plastic bag taxes, havebeen taking over major cities like Seattle and San Francisco, hoping toreduce the production and use of retail plastic bags. This type of disappearingact however, is much more impressive. Recently, Symphony EnvironmentalTechnologies has developed an additive that makes plastic bagsoxo-biodegradable. This is a huge development, for obvious reasons, and canrelatively stop the whole “plastic bag ban” movement dead in its tracks. Majorcorporations have already begun to employ the use of this substance, known as“d2w,” for the millions of retail bagsin their distribution.So how does this wonderchemical work exactly? Essentially, when d2w is added at the extrusion stage ofthe plastic production process, it renders the plastic ‘oxo-biodegradable’.This means that the plastic will break down much faster, and with much lessdamage to the environment. Normally, plastic bags and the popular polybags take hundreds of years to degrade, in the process, breaking downinto smaller and smaller bits of plastic, which can contaminate the naturalenvironment. Plastic bag degradation with the d2w additive leaves absolutely nofragments, methane, or harmful residues. The plastic bag essentially turns intowater, carbon dioxide and biomass. Some other advantages of d2w use in plasticare that it doesn’t need to be buried to biodegrade, it needs less raw materialfor its production, and it still retains the properties of conventionalplastic, like being durable and waterproof.Now, major retailers and promotional plastic bags users areadopting the product and endorsing its use worldwide. D2w will be appearing inmajor plastic products from Grupo Bimbo (Mexico),Luibeg International (India),and Eco Polymers (Dubai).Market watchers say that while Symphony has seen ups and downs, it’s big-timeuse and endorsement by such companies around the world are making it the company to watch for investment opportunities in the years to come.Source: ‘Disappearing’Plastic Could Send Symphony (SYM) SoaringDisclaimer: This blog orarticle is for information purpose only, and should not be treated aprofessional advise or price protection guarantee. This blog is mainly used forsearchengine optimization and other commercial purposes and it is advisedthat readers seek professional consultation in the field of interest for moreinformation....

Date: 24 September 2008, Wednesday
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The Many Uses of Poly bags

Poly bags, Promotional plastic bags, Non woven bags, Retail bags


The poly bag has a lot going for it. It allows magazines and newspapers to be transported without fear ofdamage, gives the subscriber an unobstructed view of the cover, acts as aconvenient source of revenue, where advertisers’ outserts can be neatly tucked,and compared to bulky paper envelopes, it brings down mailing costssubstantially. A publisher’s ally, there are such retailers that create andsell a wide range of poly bags in several sizesshapes and colors for many different functions:
The majority of poly bagging is manufactured using polyethylene, which is made from a byproduct of oilrefining. Its strength and low cost makes it the perfect carrier for thousands of magazines and newspapers distributed across the country each year.

Many advertisers use poly bags as promotional plastic bags with custom printed logos
and bright colors. Some come as door knob bags, for publishers to leave
advertisements and reading material on doors of many potential customers. Trade
show bags are another popular item, but even more popular still are the custom
printed non woven bags
which offer a more environmentally friendly alternative to plastic. Another alternative is paper retail bags which are completely biodegradable. Some eco-friendly retailers offer seed paper, which is made from recycled paper infused with wildflower seeds. This paper, once used, can be planted instead of thrown away.
Publishers do have thefreedom to use biodegradable or compostable wrapping material through the USPSmachineable mailing systems. However, both have set requirements for
transparent wrappings’ clarity, strength, thickness and anti-static abilities. As long as the product meets these standards, it can go through machineable mail sorting uninterrupted.People are often too quickto point the finger at plastic bagging as an environmental evil. But there are new ways of looking at poly bagging—a product that can happily fit into therecycle, reduce, reuse model.
Disclaimer:
This blog or article is for information purpose only, and should not be treated
a professional advise or price protection guarantee. This blog is mainly used
for search engine optimization and other commercial purposes and it is advised that readers seek professional
consultation in the field of interest for more information

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Date: 17 June 2008, Tuesday
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