Plastic Trash Can – Benefits of Using One

The plastic trash can has been around for a long time, but not the automatic types you can get today. There are many durable plastic models on the market, fitting in any room in the home or office. The automatic model is sensor controlled and has a lid which quickly opens when the trash bag gets about 10 inches and 130 degree angles from the can’s sensor. With normal usage, the power will last about 6 months with 4 D-size batteries. For those that do not require trash bags, the inner bucket can be easily removed and cleaned when the trash is removed and taken out. . . . → Read More: Plastic Trash Can – Benefits of Using One

The Indispensable Uses Of Plastic Packaging

Plastic packaging is extensively used in all fields of life nowadays. Packaging products made out of plastic are used mainly to protect and cover consumer goods and perishable food that can spoil easily. The plastic packaging industry has seen tremendous growth in the last few years because of the huge demand for these products. . . . → Read More: The Indispensable Uses Of Plastic Packaging

Packaging Material Testing Standards

Transport packaging and their contents are influenced by the modes of transport. Depending on which transport mode that is used, packages will be exposed to different kind of stresses. The main stresses are;

1. Mechanical Strains – The most common mechanical strains on transported goods are force stresses like, stacking pressure and shocks and energy . . . → Read More: Packaging Material Testing Standards

How to Test Packaging Materials

Packing materials vary from a simple bubble-wrap to protect the vase you are sending your Aunt Jenny for her birthday, to industrial strength materials able to withstand being dropped from a crane while unloading them. Testing packing materials to determine how well they stand-up before they leave the factory or local post-office helps reduce the chances of the articles getting damaged on the way and the industry having to pay for expensive returns and replacements. The standard tests for packing materials include the drop, compression, horizontal impact water spray, material bending, vibration and joint or glue tests. . . . → Read More: How to Test Packaging Materials

China’s Ban Kept 100 Billion Plastic Bags Out of the Trash

It’s so simple — so gloriously simple. In 2008, China instated a law that made it illegal for stores to give out plastic bags for free. Instead, shop owners were required to charge for the bags, and allowed to keep any profit they made for themselves. The results? After two years, the poorly-enforced law has nonetheless dropped plastic bag consumption by a whopping 50% — keeping an estimated 100 billion plastic bags out of the landfills. . . . → Read More: China’s Ban Kept 100 Billion Plastic Bags Out of the Trash

Why become plastic bag free

From June 1 Recently I visited the Cheung Sha many large supermarkets, shopping malls found that early accumulation of plastic bags to spare, many consumers are too many things not fit to the ground, requiring cashiers to give plastic bags the situation have occurred. . . . → Read More: Why become plastic bag free

Program on latest trends in packaging, materials, innovations, applications…

The Indian Institute of Packaging successfully concluded the two weeks Global Residential Training Program on Packaging Technology. The main objective of this training program was to disseminate information about the latest trends in packaging, packaging materials, its innovations and their applications in various sectors. The training program was organized for the benefit of the participants to highlight the role of packaging in the promotion of business growth, merchandising and its impact on the overall economic development of the nation. 14 delegates from six APF member countries like China, Sri Lanka, Thaliand, Singapore, Bangladesh and India had traveled to India to attend this program. In addition to theoretical class room sessions, visits to reputed packaging industries in and around Mumbai were also organized to provide the delegates with a first hand knowledge about the operational aspects of the various packaging materials. . . . → Read More: Program on latest trends in packaging, materials, innovations, applications…

we want to use plastics

Obviously. The world has finally accepted by Al Gore during the election campaign years ramblings. And trying to correct the response, we in the United Kingdom, which is so bad about this – we are the world leader in waste production. According to British households produce waste line, the equivalent weight of about 245 jumbo jets weeks of waste … and believe it or not, it’s only for packaging waste. Now, what is European law that we are on course for ‘necessary’ packaging to another. But keep in mind that the law does not work and you have to say not all the packing materials or prohibit the use of these products on the market. Not only is the packaging that require a change, but our consumption habits. . . . → Read More: we want to use plastics

Plastic Bags Earn High-Fashion Stripes

By Alisa Gould-Simon

While certain of Raf Simons’ colorful, ethereal creations for Jil Sander’s SS11 runway have earned plaudits in Milan, other pieces from the same collection are raising eyebrows. Lending all-new cachet to the grocery store staple, Simons served up plastic bags in an array of candy-colored shades (an increasingly popular SS11 color . . . → Read More: Plastic Bags Earn High-Fashion Stripes

The Indispensable Features of Plastic Packaging

The use of plastic packaging has become extensive in almost all spheres of life. Plastic has been in use for the past several decades in one form or the other. It is widely used for covering and protecting perishable food items as well as consumer goods with low shelf life. With uses wide and varied, the industry of plastic packaging has grown tremendously in the past several years. . . . → Read More: The Indispensable Features of Plastic Packaging