A New York plastic bag maker that had been part of legal challenges to the state's bag ban is closing its factory there and ...

North American markets for polyethylene, polypropylene and PET bottle resins came racing out of the gate in January, with all ...

Poly-Pak Industries Inc., which has manufactured plastic bags at the company’s headquarters at 125 Spagnoli Rd. since the mid-1970s and has 177 employees, filed the Worker Adjustment and Retraining ...

If the box says "PP" (meaning polypropene), "PET" (meaning polyethylene terephthalate) or "nylon," that means the tea bags contain plastic. Another way to avoid plastic from tea is to switch to ...

and LDPE (low-density polyethylene). PET is commonly used in water and soda bottles (bottling), while LDPE is found in thin plastic bags and single-use packaging. As these plastics pile up ...

PET (or PETE) Polyethylene terephthalate Clear drinks bottles ... PVC use in packaging is in decline. LDPE Low density polyethylene Carrier bags, some bottles and containers, yokes holding four or six ...