Tag: bag

Flour has come in everything from tins to sacks, to cardboard boxes. Some containers, however, have gone by the wayside due to environmental and ecological demands.

Potato chips are almost the number one snack food among Americans - all flavors and types.   Frito Lay sells about $12 million worth of potato chips each year.  If you break that down into about $3 per bag, that equals about 4 million bags sold per year.

Shredded paper is recyclable in any recycling process that accepts paper in their recycling bins.  There are, however, a few things we need to keep in mind as we put shredded paper into our recycling.

Plastic bags are lightweight, strong, convenient alternatives to paper grocery bags.  People seem to prefer them to paper bags because they have handles, are easy to store and reusable for many purposes. 

Flexibility and resistance to condensation also make plastic bags a more attractive choice.  Why would these popular helps to society be banned?