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Fully-certified face masks with 0% VAT until July.

Mailing Bags with Printed Designs
An exclusive set of designer printed mailers in handy pack sizes.

Our Budget Grip Seal Bags are a cheaper thinner range of the handy resealable bags (with the option of write-on-panels to easy label and catalogue their contents)

Budget Grip Seal Bags
Ideal for sorting
and storing things!
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Recycled packaging

Made from recycled materials Polybags manufactures a number of product ranges from 100% recycled polythene.

This is part of our commitment to produce eco-friendly packaging and demonstrate both through our products and our production processes that we are an environmentally-responsible business that cares about the world around us.

We constantly monitor and evaluate our systems to minimise waste, whilst recycling any waste that is produced, provided doing so is actually beneficial for the environment (see 'Polybags' 100% recycling principle', below).

Related to recyclable packaging
Related to eco-friendly packaging

Advantages of using recycled plastic

Uses fewer natural resources and energy
Generates less waste and reduces the amount sent to landfill
Less expensive

Disadvantages of using recycled plastic

Recycling plastic produces carbon emissions, which is why Polybags operate a 100% recycling principle (see below)
The recycling process weakens the molecular structure of plastic, which results in a lower-quality product - known as 'downcycling'
Recycling plastic for a second time makes it weaker still, making it unlikely that a product will be recycled more than once

Polybags and recycling

Whilst recycling is generally a positive thing that is beneficial for the environment, the re-use of raw materials is not the only consideration to factor in when deciding if it is the most environmentally-friendly course of action.

Plastic recycling - as with plastic manufacture - involves the melting down of raw materials. This process of course requires energy to melt the plastics and generating this energy creates carbon emissions.

At Polybags, we always collect plastic waste during manufacture and then we operate a 100% recycling principle. This means that, wherever recycling plastic waste is more energy-efficient than disposing of it, we will recycle.