Therefore Paper Bag Co supplies quality retail and promotional bags. We produce beautiful, smart looking, trendy, fashionable and most important re-usable  bags. Research has shown that customers are much more likely to re-use high quality bags than plastic carrier bags. Consequently a high re-use rate means that you bag becomes a walking advert, being seen over and over again. Furthermore the environment benefits too.

However, did you know? If well packed a single grocery size paper bag can hold the same volume of up to 4 plastic bags.

The use of sacks only really started to take off during the Industrial Revolution; between 1700 and 1800.

Then was created in 1957, the first plastic bags. Plastic bags appear in retail in 1974. Today governments are banning plastic bags to try to save the environment : they represent a hazard to wildlife, they can as well cause damage to people and they pollute both soil and air. (for more information please Read all of A Bit of History)

Plastic bags can take 1,000 years to decompose compared to Paper bags which take about a month to decompose.

For this reason, Paper Bag Co offer a full range of the highest quality recycled , recyclable  and re-usable  paper bags.

Please note that not all plastic bags can be recycled however when a ton of is reused or recycled, the energy equivalent of 11 barrels of oil is saved.   

Therefore Paper Bag Co offer a full range of the highest quality recycled bags, recyclable bags and re-usable bags.

Plastic bags is a by-product of oil and polyethylene in other words plastic bags are made of petrochemicals: a non-renewable resource.

For the most part, the whole process of making plastic bags requires only electricity. 50% of that electricity is generated from the burning of old tires and 50% by nuclear fission: a radioactive waste.

Plastic bags don't biodegrade, they photo-degrade, breaking down into smaller and smaller toxic pieces which can contaminate soil and waterways. They stay in the environment for hundreds of years.

Therefore Paper Bag Co offer a full range of the highest quality recycled bags, recyclable bags and re-usable bags.

Stores give out over a billion plastic bags per day to customers all over the world.

Every year each person on the planet, will consume 300 plastic bags.

Taiwan consumes 20 billion plastic bags per year : 900 per person.

Americans throw away 100 billion of them per year, its equivalent to dumping nearly 12 million barrels of oil a year. 

People are just starting to realise that we need to reduce our use of plastic bags.

The Daily Mail has created a petition to banish plastic bags and encourage people to switch to re-usable bags. Please click on the link (Daily Mail) for more information.

We offer a full range of the highest quality recycled, recyclable and re-usable bags.

This Blog is to keep you "up to scratch" on what's happening with us and what's happening in the carrier bag industry.

Also we are pleased to inform you that from now on, you can leave your comments on what you think about our website and our services.

Hope you like it !