For products to survive and even thrive in the marketplace, they have to fill a specific need from customers. One good example is paper bags who are in response to the environmental call. There is so much going on in the world with regards ...
This follows the news that Huntingdon Beach in California has cancelled its ban on plastic bags in response to a recent surge in support for them from local residents, and the decision of Arizona’s State Legislature to stop cities and ...
Tags: Plastic Bag, Plastic Bag Charges
Northern Ireland has introduced a 5p levy on the sale of all plastic shopping bags in the region in order to stop their usage. The tax, which will apply to all single use bags including plastic, paper and other natural materials, is ...
Tags: Plastic Bag Tax, Packaging
SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment will junk plastic shopping bags at all its theme parks by 2013. Park gift shops will offer paper bags, which are made from 100% recycled paper, or guests can opt to buy reusable bags. According to the ...
The Malaysian Plastics Manufacturers Association (MPMA) has launched a MAR600,000 ($0.18m) public education campaign aimed at reducing litter. MPMA said its campaign would rely on newspaper advertisements and printed plastic shopping bags ...
Tags: Plastic Waste, education campaign, bag ban
US-based Splash Packaging, an affiliate of Morgan Chaney, is offering diverse line of in-stock packaging for custom products. Splash Packaging president Joe Schneider said they were happy to bring a new sensibility to the world of ...
Tags: packaging, affiliate, in-stock packaging, paper bags
In conjunction with America Recycles Day on Nov.15,Weis Markets has announced a store-wide commitment to use 100 percent recyclable modified atmosphere packaging(MAP)meat trays for its fresh meat products.Weis has partnered exclusively with ...
Tags: America Recycles Day, MAP meat trays, Weis Markets, meat packaging
Only around 7 percent of plastic waste in the United States gets recycled, estimates the Environmental Protection Agency. Several attempts at turning plastic into oil have been made in the past with not much success, but a new start-up ...
Tags: plastic waste, Oil, Chemicals
A popular artist has been jailed after one of his light installations was mistaken for a bomb in New York. To coincide with NY Design Week,Takeshi Miyakawa assembled illuminated plastic shopping bags on trees and lamp posts around the ...
Tags: Light artist arrested, gross misunderstanding, bomb, Takeshi Miyakawa