A Japanese inventor has created a machine suitable for home use that can turn plastic waste into fuel, a technological feat that could give us something to do with all the grocery sacks piling up ...

YORK, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--C-P Flexible Packaging (C-P) announces the expansion of its pre-made polyethylene bag manufacturing operations with the purchase of three new state-of-the-art converting ...

In response to a grassroots legislative movement to phase out non-biodegradable plastic shopping bags, manufacturers are developing bags that will break down from prolonged exposure to oxygen or water ...

–American shoppers use an estimated 102 billion plastic shopping bags each year — more than 500 per consumer. Named by Guinness World Records as “the most ubiquitous consumer item in the world,” the ...

Hartsville, S.C., plastic bag manufacturer and recycler Hilex Poly Co. LLC is acquiring Duro Bag Manufacturing Co., the largest paper bag manufacturer in the world. Duro Bag Manufacturing has a ...

After Pennsylvania passed legislation to bar townships from enacting plastic bag bans, a Centre County company got the brunt of some statewide criticism. Senate Majority Leader Jake Corman, R-Benner ...