Predicting the future of recycling is no easy matter. From polybags to custom plastic bags, and very much including 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… Continue Reading »

When you work in the field of plastics, as those of us at Rainbow Polybag has for so many years, sometimes you lose track of the fact that you are living in a Golden Age for plastic materials. As plastics get used for an increasingly large percentage of transportation sector components (in automobiles, trucks, trains,… Continue Reading »

More and more people are finding new ways to recycle plastic. From moms to corporate visionaries to municipalities and a whole bunch of small business owners, people are really getting how cool it is to reduce, reuse, and recycle. Some of the people blazing a green trail when it comes to recycling plastic are television… Continue Reading »

There is widespread prejudice against plastic, specifically that it is inherently bad for the environment. Makes sense, right? Plastics come from oil; oil is scarce; drilling for it and transporting it can lead to environmental degradation; and so on. But the truth is this: Plastics can be great for mother nature. How can that possibly… Continue Reading »

The Buy American movement has steadily been building momentum – and not necessarily where you might expect it to be taking it hold. More and more consumers right here in the United States are choosing domestically produced products, in part because they know doing so helps our country and our economy. 80% of Americans report… Continue Reading »

The U.S. Postal Service motto famously states that “neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night” prevents carriers from delivering the country’s mail. And, for the most part, mail carriers live up to the creed. Even in the parts of the country that really wallop them with nasty weather, year after year, postal… Continue Reading »