The accepted way to measure the thickness of something such as Plastic Bags is to use Microns or Mils. However not both together. The reason it has to be one or the other is that these are units of measure that are using two completely different systems. Mil is a unit of measurement in the......... Read more

Choosing the right Plastic Bags or Paper Bags? Sounds almost like a non-event, but in reality everything you do in your business affects your bottom line. Your store, flea market or craft stand has an image and part of it can be enhanced at the end of the sale with the right Plastic Bag or Paper Bag. For high traffic areas it's to your advantage to give the customer a unique looking bag. This can be as simply as............. Read more

When purchasing t-shirt plastic bags by the case is it common practice for wholesalers and manufacturers to short the count. Common practice is to short anywhere from 5% to 15%. This amounts to huge profits to these companies as few people count the number of bags in each case since bag count can range from 500 to 3,000 pieces. These companies also profit from quicker turnaround times from their customers since the customers runs low on t-shirt bags quicker. While it is illegal to deliberately short counts, investigations are.............. Read more

With so much publicity about banning plastic bags lets eliminate the media noise and the special interest groups and let you know the real facts. Lets compare 1,000 plastic bags vs 1,000 paper bags, grocery size................... Read more