Posts Tagged ‘plastic bags’
Why We Should Be Happy With Polyethylene Bags
Ah tell you what. Erryone’s gettin excited bout the double dip recession, how the markets gonna crash an all that, but ain’t no need to get preoccapied. Thing is, long as we have plastic bags, some good ol polyethylene bags, nothin bad’s gonna happen. See the You-Nited States became the greatest country in the world [...]
Why You Need Newspaper Bags
The elements have weathered this earth for billions of years. They have carved rock and canyons, slag chapels in the desert, and scrapes along beach-ends. But when the rain goes pitter-patter or dudududurudududrurud it still can’t get the newspaper wet when it’s sitting in newspaper bags. That plastic bag is safety for the little black [...]
How to Attract Customers With A Custom Bag
A custom bag should have a nice design. You can develop it yourself or hire someone to do it for you but either way it should be attractive. Think about it like this. If you saw a custom bag with green beans inside, how would you be attracted to the bag? What colors would make [...]
Carrying Plastic Bags and Their Appeal
I was watching a movie the other night from the mid-90s and the main characters were taking in their groceries from the car in big paper bags. It made the movie seem surprisingly dated. I enjoyed it, though. Good movie. Plastic bags are just so much stronger than paper. If paper gets wet, it tears. [...]
How Plastic Bags May Evolve
It’s no secret that plastic bags, in all their incarnations, from newspaper bags to self seal bags, are widely taken for granted. Most people are quick to forget the strength of plastic bags, focusing instead on the improper ways people dispose of them. But a hundred years ago they didn’t use plastic bags they way [...]
Choosing a Plastic Manufacturer
The word bag is probably from Old Norse baggi which is related to the Old French bague, meaning bundle or pack, and to Medieval Latin, baga for chest or sack. In Middle English, it was bagge until they dropped the -ge. Today bag has many definitions, and can be used slangily or formally for a [...]
Reasons to Recycle Plastic Bags
There was a young man who always recycled his plastic bags. He thought he was helping the world become a safer cleaner place. When he forgot about his plastic bags and accidentally threw them in the garbage, he curled his fingers in fists of remorse. He made himself feel better by saying that next time [...]
Alexander Parkes and His Plastic Bags
Alexander Parkes grew up under brass. His father made brass locks and he was an apprentice to a brass founder. After he learned about electroplating he took out his first patent when he was twenty-eight, and didn’t stop there. He patented a process of silver plating, so that when Prince Albert visited his plant, he [...]
A Custom Bag (for Fish)
If I had the chance to design a custom bag it would feature a cool graphic on it along with a clever phrase. I’d steer clear of cheesy images, and depending on how clever I could be, I’d make my graphic just words. That is acceptable, and preferable probably, unless you sell fish, or other [...]
Plastic Bags Protect Bike Seats and Backpacks
Plastic bags are awesome. They’re light and waterproof, which allows me to put them on the seat of my bicycle after it’s rained so I don’t get my bum all wet. After using plastic bags a second time I feel less guilty about throwing them away in the garbage. Yesterday, though, I threw one of [...]
