How carrier bags revolutionised the shopping market
The modern lightweight carrier bag, dating back to the 1960’s, is the invention of Swedish engineer Sten Gustaf Thulin. Thulin, who worked for Celloplast, the well-established producer of cellulose film, developed a method of forming a simple one-piece bag by folding, welding and die-cutting a flat tube of plastic to produce a bag. This simple, […]
Could Using ‘Bags for Life’ Make You Sick?
While we’ve all embraced the ‘Bag for Life’ era, are we using them safely? Do we stop to think about what we used the bag for previously? It could be anything from fresh foods to football gear, and all the while bacteria are lurking in there. It’s this habit of using our reusable bags for […]
Lidl To Embrace Bags For Life Over 5p Charge
It’s been announced recently that food retailer Lidl is deciding to take a different approach to plastic carrier bags since the introduction of the levy in the UK – rather than charging customers 5p for single use carrier bags at the till, they have decided to scrap these altogether, and only offer a 9p alternative […]
How to use the carrier bag levy to your advantage
Whilst the introduction of the carrier bag levy was well received with regards to the positive impact it can have on our environment, it’s clear that for the retailers themselves, it’s caused them a lot more hassle. Not only do single use carrier bags need to continue to be produced, but the customer has to be […]
The boom in printed bags for life
It’s unsurprising that across the United Kingdom, there’s been a steady increase in the amount of reusable bags, or ‘bags for life‘, being sold to consumers. As we all try to live in a more environmentally friendly way, and as the levy on single use carrier bags spreads across the UK, making the most of […]
Paper Vs. Plastic: Which Printed Bag Is Best For You?
Today, there’s a battle of the heavyweights on the TPBS blog – we’re putting plastic and paper bags to the test, in order to find out which material is best for you! We know it can be hard to choose which kind of bag you’re after (I mean, a bag is a bag, isn’t it?) […]
A printed bag is for life, not for the bin
Did you know, most plastic bags that supermarkets give away are only used by consumers once before they end up in the bin, and can take years to decompose? That’s according to information provided in an article here. As we begin the New Year, it remains an ever-concerning reality that many of us are […]
