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Continental Products' Eco-Cycle Delivery Bags Now Contain at Least 20% Post-Consumer Recycled Materials

Posted on: Thursday, 27 August 2009, 06:00 CDT

MEXICO, Mo., Aug. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- To further its commitment to producing environmentally responsible plastic bags, Continental Products announced it is now manufacturing Eco-Cycle newspaper bags using a minimum of 20% post-consumer recycled materials.

Eco-Cycle newspaper delivery bags were first introduced in April 2008. Hundreds of newspapers across the United States already use them, including the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Arizona Daily Republic, Washington Post, U.S.A. Today, and Hearst Newspapers.

Post-consumer recycled materials come from plastic that has been used and recycled by consumers. If the post-consumer waste hadn't been recycled, it would have gone into the landfill.

Re-grind materials also go into Eco-Cycle bags. Re-grind comes from waste that is generated in the manufacturing process. It is good environmental practice to use re-grind but it doesn't prevent waste from going to a landfill. Many manufacturers incorporate re-grind materials into bags but few have Continental's ability to utilize post-consumer materials.

Eco-Cycle bags are also 100% recyclable into other products. Consumers can take them to thousands of retail locations across the country that have plastic grocery bag collection bins. Eco-Cycle bags and other recyclable plastic bags are reprocessed and used in new products like low maintenance outdoor lumber, pallets, railroad ties, and other bags.

To encourage their recycling, Continental Products has a message printed on Eco-Cycle bags. The message includes the American Chemistry Council's Bring it Back logo and consumer web site address, www.plasticbagrecycling.org, which lists locations where bags are accepted.

"Eco-Cycle bags are a perfect example of closed loop recycling," according to Carl Fuemmeler, Continental Products' president. "We use post-consumer recycled materials to make them, and they are also recyclable. The same materials can be used repeatedly as long as there are no biodegradable or compostable additives in them."

"Eco-Cycle bags are the only bags on the newspaper market made with post-consumer recycled materials. We're proud that we are able to offer the most environmentally responsible plastic delivery bag available", added Fuemmeler.

Continental Products has supplied home delivery supplies to newspapers across the United States for over 40 years. They employ 200 people at their Missouri headquarters.

SOURCE Continental Products

Source: PR Newswire

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