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Vinyl is a heavy duty plastic produced to be very versatile and durable. It can be customized to create various types of pouches and other packaging materials. Eyelets, magnets, zippers, or other features can be added to make useful and portable vinyl pouches in Norwood, MA. Vinyl can be used to create clearer and cleaner, more economical and efficient products – definitely a material with infinite uses.

Vinyl pouches are ideal for specialty displays and document organizers. They can be conveniently adhered to binders, books, cabinets, folders, walls – anywhere you need to safely and securely store important items.

The vinyl pouch product line includes vinyl wallets. They can be used to hold important documents like airline tickets or policy papers. They are also often used in business transactions like covering check books or protecting business cards. Small-sleeved vinyl pouches can be used to hold credit cards and ATM cards. They can also play a role of a marketing tool as larger size vinyl wallets can be used as presentation folders or registration.

Vinyl wallets as well as other vinyl-based products can be used for promotion and packaging. They are widely used for commercial purposes and industrial applications, particularly in management and material handling.

Atlantic Poly Vinyl pouches and pockets can be made to your specifications. Size, shape, clarity, color, and even the type of closure can all be up to you. You have a wide range of options from features to functionality. Everything can be made-to-order depending on the dimensions and designs you have decided. For all your problems on packaging and concerns on customization, check out Atlantic Poly.

Stretch film is usually used to wrap products that are placed on pallets to keep them secure and in place. Due to its versatility, stretch film comes in a variety of specialty films, varying in dimensions and uses. It provides a means of protection and cost reduction.

Added protection

Stretch film plays a vital role in storage and security. Palletized boxes are probably the most common use of stretch film. It palletizes and wraps boxes of different sizes, making them into one unit load, a process known as unitizing. This also reduces pilferage and theft. Also, unit loads wrapped with stretch film are easier to move and track than individually packaged products, thereby reducing damage that commonly occur at warehouses and other storage areas. Stretch film obviously provides added protection to all the products it covers and wraps.

Reduced cost

Unitizing smaller individual packages can not only provide protection, but it can also provide proper handling and delivery. This way, stretch film aids in reducing the time it takes to move the packaged goods from one place to another, reducing labor cost and adding more control of inventory. Stretch film is also considered the most affordable packaging and bundling material while still able to offer superior load holding capacity. Plus, it is also recyclable, reducing waste disposal cost and helping the environment.

Many manufacturers and movers prefer using stretch film nowadays. Many products are commonly wrapped using stretch film for storage or for transportation, either with a handheld stretch film or a machine wrap stretch film.

For all your packaging concerns, contact Atlantic Poly.

Stretch wrap film is an affordable hand-held poly film known for its clarity and high-cling properties. It commonly comes in distinct gauges and widths to fit any pallet and load profile.

Polyethylene stretch film provides versatility to wrap around items of different sizes and shapes, even those with sharp edges. Plus, it usually is combined with other protective materials to add another inexpensive layer of protection for many objects. It is also used to protect products on pallets during storage and shipment, particularly when unitizing a number of small items to store together to make one larger unit. This makes it easier to ensure the security of the unit load thereby reducing incidents of theft. Unit loads are also more convenient in order to track and detect lost goods. Unit loads are also easier to move around warehouses using forklifts, thus minimizing warehouse damage.

The best plastic stretch film reduces product loss and worker injury, as well as load tampering incidents. Apart from keeping products clean and covered, the stretch film helps improve the stability of packages forming a large load. This makes products and packages easier to handle and carry, resulting in higher labor productivity, improved inventory control, and more resistance to risk of tampering or pilferage. Its high film clarity feature also allow scan through optics to read labels printed underneath the film

For more information on the variety of stretch films, visit Atlantic Poly.

The secure-locking top of Quick Zip bags are low cost zippered bags that allow the user to open, close, or reseal them over and over again, making them perfect to use on items that require organization, protection, or repackaging. The packed contents are visible since the Quick Zip bags are transparent or translucent.

Organization
Quick Zip bags can be used to organize and ship smaller products. They are also a practical solution if you have many items that need organization. Zipper bags can also be used to protect gadgets and electronics, and they are also water-resistant.

Protection
Colored plastic zip bags can help increase the lifetime of perishable foods. They do not allow harmful bacteria inside which can cause food to spoil. Because they are resealable, zippered bags are an excellent way to protect items and food from dirt, dust, and contaminants,.

Repacking
With the Quick Zip bags, it is now easier to print company logos or brand names. These zipper bags are preferable in handling refrigerated goods or electronic components that need to be stored and sealed.

Plastic zippered bags are resealable. Use them to store anything polyethylene bags for organization, to protection, or repackaging.

For more details on quick zip bags and other polyethylene bags, checkout Atlantic Poly now.

Polyethylene plastic bags are handy enough to carry a substantial amount of items. They are also the perfect medium for advertising a brand in the most affordable and convenient manner. They can be custom-printed and still be very economical for most business to afford. Today, plastic bags are being misconstrued and regulated, when they should not be.

Paper bags vs plastic bags
Plastic bags are much more convenient than paper bags. Unlike paper bags that easily wear out when placed with heavy objects, polyethylene plastic bags of Atlantic Poly are stronger and do not give in as quickly.

Now biodegradable
Most people keep from using plastic bags because they were told that these are non-biodegradable. Recently, a new additive has been introduced that is proven to make Polyethylene molecules become biodegradable.

Use and reuse
Because of the load they can bear, polyethylene plastic bags are being reused more often but littering has given plastic bags a bad name. In the past littered plastic bags were slow to degrade or did not degrade at all. If only such practice was corrected back then, we would not be trying to get rid of this useful product now. Now that plastic bags are biodegradable, there is no sense in getting rid of them anymore. Instead, everyone must use and reuse them.

Cycle of recycling
Plastic bags can be recycled to produce plastic bags forever. Paper bags “down cycle” therefore have a limited recyclable life span because the fiber deteriorates too much after repeated re-pulping. Also, plastic bags can be squeezed and made into new plastic bags in minutes, whereas paper costs more time and money to recycle.

This leaves us to the part where we stop giving polyethylene plastic bags a bad name just because they are not made of paper. Correspondingly, efforts on recycling and reusing it must be continued and improved.

Bubble wraps were originally designed to serve as textured wallpapers. Now, they have been used as packaging materials for shipping to keep fragile items safe. But bubble wraps can do more than just packaging and material handling.

Excellent window insulation
Wide bubble wraps can add insulation to windows, keeping you warm during the winter season. All you have to do is cut them equal to the size of your windows and gaffer-tape them to the inside of the windows.

Protect outdoor plants
Recycling packaging materials like the bubble wraps can have good use to patio plants, acting as their protection against frost damage. Even popped bubble wraps help insulate plants and warm soil during the whole winter.

Cushion hard surfaces
Bubble wraps are perfect for outdoor activities too. They make benches comfortable to sit on and sleeping bags soft to sleep on. A good night's sleep after a tiring outdoor activity like camping can now be even better..

Protect fruits in the fridge
Bubble wraps prevent bruises to fruits in the fridge by lining the crisper drawer. When the lining gets dirty, it will just be easy to clean it as you can simply replace it with new bubble wraps.

Burglar alarms at home
Packaging material for shipping can also add security to your homes, acting as cheap burglar alarm. Easily place large bubble wraps on the floor of your front door and let them pop when unwanted visitors sneak in.

Pop out stress
De-stress with bubble wraps. Do the popping and let it soothe you in those troubled times. There are also games you can come up with that you could use on children parties. The benefits of recycling packaging materials can go a long list. So why shouldn't you?

For more details on bubble wraps and other products for packaging and material handling, contact Atlantic Poly Inc..

It is moving season in a large part of the country. Moving companies often offer corrugated boxes and packing materials for professional packing or for self-packing. If you own or manage a moving company, maybe it is time for a new quote on corrugated boxed.

You may not think corrugated boxes when you think about Atlantic Poly but we carry a wide selection of corrugated boxes to ensure safe, secure delivery for all of your residential and commercial moves.

These (RSC) Regular Slotted Cartons and corrugated boxes are made from 200lb. test corrugated and are great for mailing, shipping or storage. They are approved for use with United States Postal Service, UPS, Fed Ex, Truck or Ground shipping. Please check our stock sizes and contact us for quantity discounts or Custom Sizes!!

If you’re a moving company, think of Atlantic Poly. Nothing makes moving easier than corrugated boxes and shipping containers. Need a custom size? No problem. We have stock sized but contact us for discount prizes on custom sized corrugated boxes and shipping containers as well.

Chicago is the 23rd-largest economy in the world. This status was not won by accident — it is the direct result of a responsible and clear-headed approach to economic development policy. The city is a dependable incubator of growth and innovation. At odds with this history of an intelligent and balanced approach to economic development policy, Chicago is considering legislation that would ban plastic retail bags.

Given the scale of the misinformation about the impact that plastic bags have on the environment, Chicago deserves better than the current debate over plastic bags.

The reality is that plastic bags make up less than 0.8 percent of Chicago's waste and typically less than 1% of all litter. Denver looked at a fee but tabled the issue for a year to study the impact. The city's office of sustainability said that restricting plastic bags had no meaningful impact on the environment. We don't think a fee or ban would move Chicago closer to achieving its sustainability goals.

In fact, the unintended consequences of a plastic bag ban contradict the city's green goals. Because the alternatives to plastic bags have far higher carbon footprints, a restriction actually will increase Chicago's collective carbon footprint. The “reusable bags” that advocates of plastic bag restrictions support are so much more energy-intensive to produce that some must be used 131 times before they are as environmentally friendly as a single plastic bag used once.

Economic Concerns

What a bag ban will impact, however, is the job security of 3,000 hardworking Illinois people who depend on our industry to put food on the table. The plastic bag industry, which includes manufacturing and recycling, provides the kinds of jobs that cities throughout the country are seeking to attract. Undermining the very companies that should be growing jobs throughout the state is not how Chicago has led the Midwest and not how it can succeed further in the future.

There has been a noticeable absence of these very real economic concerns in the conversation on this issue thus far. The fact that the economic fate of people who work in our industry is rarely a part of this debate is unacceptable.

Chicago is known for taking centrist, balanced approaches to public policy issues. There is no question that cities need to pay attention to the waste they produce — including, among thousands of other items, plastic bags. But banning a tiny portion of that waste stream should not be taken as meaningful environmental progress, especially when doing so would actually direct people to environmentally inferior options and jeopardize the livelihoods of thousands of people in our state.

Keeping up with the coasts has never been Chicago's operating principle, and this great city shouldn't follow others down this misguided path. Chicago should lead with smart, centrist policy that balances economic and environmental goals. A renewed focus on recycling programs and education is the responsible approach, and Chicagoans should encourage their elected leaders to find a way to protect both the environment and working families.

For more information on recycling, biodegradable plastic bags, or on removing plastics from your company's waste stream, contact Atlantic Poly.

Chicago Business

A happy client is a client that gives referrals. As a home remodeler, you know that one of your client’s chief concerns is cleanliness. No one likes to come home to a house covered in dust. But, in home remodeling, dust is part of the process. But you can help cut down on dust in your client’s home with plastic dust barriers.

Remodeling magazines and contractors have been saying that home remodeling projects are increasing. Take advantage by getting more referrals from your existing clientele. Plastic dust shields, construction film, and plastic floor protection help keep the house around the remodeling project dust-free.

Dust barriers or construction film are perfect for those contractors who are interested in keeping their customers’ homes as clean and as dust-free as possible. Everyone knows that dust is a problem when remodeling. But keeping your customers happy – and their homes clean - is very important for repeat and referral business. Contain dusty areas as much possible with construction film and dust barriers.

Dust control products include temporary barrier systems, plastic sheeting, and floor coverings. Contractors who use dust control supplies keep their clients happy and cut down on labor costs for cleanup. This is a great way to increase customer satisfaction and referrals. For a competitive quote on construction film and floor coverings, contact Atlantic Poly.

Companies that come into contact with or dispose of hazardous materials that need to be contained, drum liners are the solution.  The possibility of exposure to hazardous chemicals, friable materials, blood and body fluids cannot be ignored if your industry is disposal, demolition or involved in bio waste.

Spilling these materials poses a health risk to the environment, to employees, and to pedestrians. Drum liners give your business an extra level of security against leaks, spills and contamination. Plastic drum liners are necessary to keep chemical contents separated from other materials and waste products.  In many states and situations this is actually mandated by law.

DrumSkin are Poly Plastic Drum Liners from Atlantic Poly that provide an extra level of safety, reliability and protection when used for dense or viscous materials. Keeping your employees and the environment safe requires a high standard of practice. Local, state and federal regulations make it harder and harder to maintain standards of removal and disposal. Drum liners can accommodate those standards.

Even if what you are disposing of is not hazardous, using drum liners ensures additional security against leaks and spills.

As a Polyethylene and Poly Drum Liner supplier, Atlantic Poly Inc provides a sensible, cost-effective and environmentally friendly method for storing, mixing and processing liquids, pastes and powders. Contact us for a quote.