Some Facts About Garbage Bags

An inventor from Canada named Harry Wasylyk is typically acknowledged as the inventor of the modern plastic material trash bag in use today. Garbage bags were first intended for commercial use rather than house use. Harry made his initial bags in his home, in 1950, and sold them to a community hospital. A manager of the local Union Carbide plant heard about the invention and began producing bags as well. Ultimately, Union Carbide bought Wasylyk's company and began making garbage bags from extra polyethylene materials at its Montreal plant.

How Garbage Bags are Produced

Garbage bags are created from low density polyethylene which was invented in 1942. Very low density polyethylene is soft and airproof. Polyethylene is delivered in the form of little resin beads. The hard beads are morphed into bags of plastic. The tough polyethylene pellets are heated to a t. of 200 degrees Celsiuis. The melted polyethylene is put under higher pressure and combined with ingredients that offer colour and make the plastic shapeable. The prepared plastic polyethylene is shaped into one lengthy tube of bags, which is then cooled, collapsed, and shaped to the proper length, and sealed on one particular end to make a garbage bag. Once they have cooled down, the bags are infused with static so that they can be tightly folded. They are either reduced to, or perforated at, the correct length and sealed on 1 end. Then they are put into packages and ready for distribution.

Trash Bags: Environmentally Friendly

With the recent focus on sustainability, plastic trash bags have come under scrutiny for their inability to biodegrade. In response to that, environmentally-concious types of garbage bags have arrived into stores in recent years, such as ones made of recycled plastic material and others that are 100 % compostable. Since they were created, plastic garbage bags have been filling our city dumps and regrettably, many plastics take up to 1000 years to decompose. In 1971, a University of Toronto professor developed a plastic material that decomposes when left in direct sunlight.

Some Other Information For You

In 1984, the drawstring rubbish bag was introduced by Glad and Hefty. In 2001, Hefty introduced a garbage bag with a drawstring designed to stretch around the garbage receptacle's rim and not slip off. In 2004, ForceFlex, a plastic material garbage bag, was launched by Glad (followed soon after by Hefty's Ultra Flex).

Plastic material bags are a handy and clean way of handling rubbish, and are widely employed. Plastic material trash bags are lightweight and are very beneficial for wet waste, as is commonly the case with food, and are also useful for wrapping up waste to minimize odor. Plastic bags are frequently utilized for lining garbage cans. This serves to keep the receptacle sanitary by avoiding receptacle contact with the litter. After the bag in the receptacle is full with waste, the bag can be pulled out and tied with hardly any touching of the trash.