The West Coast dock worker’s strike has come to an end – for now – and after weeks of delays, long awaited container ships can finally come in from sea and be unloaded; freeing – at last! – their precious contents to be shipped to companies all across the United States. It will likely take… Continue Reading »

Even those of us who are the biggest cheerleaders for plastics, particularly of all the recycling improvements of the past 10 years, can look at the big picture of environmental considerations and say, “We can do even better.” And as a plastic bag manufacturer, we definitely can. A big part of fulfilling the true promise… Continue Reading »

We are so excited to see the wave of businesses bringing their manufacturing enterprises back home to American shores. The reshoring movement, while nowhere near significant enough to reverse decades of offshoring, is nonetheless more than just symbolically important. And there is a discernible trend in the numbers. Sixty-four U.S. businesses reshored in 2011. The… Continue Reading »

Predicting the future of recycling is no easy matter. That very much includes plastics recycling! One thing you can take to the bank, though: with all of the smart people devoted to creating better plastics recycling solutions, the future will be brighter than most of us can imagine. Case in point: A brand-new process developed… Continue Reading »

At Rainbow Polybag, we are proud to see our products make a difference with a welter of other shipping-based businesses, including eBay and Amazon. Consider our polybag and custom plastic clothing bags, which we manufacture and sell quantities of. Not all that long ago, if you wanted to purchase clothing through the mail or another… Continue Reading »

Among the cool things about our polybags are our poly mailers! Poly mailers can be recycled more easily than the paper envelopes with plastic bubbles inside. They’re also even lighter than the old hybrid mailers that they’ve been replacing, to greater and greater extents each year. Like our polybags, polymailers are durable and pliable and… Continue Reading »