March 16, 2012 | Phil Rozenski
On St. Patrick’s Day the world celebrates by wearing green, but at Hilex Poly we wear our green all year round! That’s because at Hilex we make it easy to “go green.” While all of our plastic bags are recyclable, our Bag-2-Bag recycled plastic retail carryout bag, which recently won a Silver Flexible Packaging Achievement Award, is particularly “green” because it is created using post-consumer plastic bags...
March 08, 2012 | Phil Rozenski
With so many different types of plastic used for packaging consumer products today, it can be confusing to know which plastics can be recycled in Hilex Poly’s Bag-2-Bag recycling program. Most plastic bags, sacks and wraps can be recycled in the Bag-2-Bag program, but it is important to make sure all items have the number 2 or 4 imprinted on the plastic. These numbers, which are called resin identifier...
February 28, 2012 | Mike Sullivan
Last week we were excited to learn that our Bag-2-Bag Plastic Retail Carryout Bag was the recipient of a 2012 Silver Flexible Packaging Achievement Award in Environmental & Sustainability Achievement! It is a great honor for Hilex Poly to win this award given the 86 flexible packaging entries this year.
February 22, 2012 | Mark Daniels
While recycling plastic bags is an important part of being an environmentally conscious consumer, it is also important to remember to reduce and reuse the plastic bags you accumulate before recycling.
February 07, 2012 | Chris Dickson
A few months ago Ms. Debbie Atchison, a first grade teacher at Jackson Elementary School in Seymour, Indiana, contacted me about a 4-week statewide recycling contest her school was participating in. Jackson Elementary wanted to collect plastic bags, in addition to collecting other recyclable materials, and bring those collected bags to our recycling facility in North Vernon, Indiana to be recycled. I was beyond thrilled to help these young environmentalists...
