PPE at Melrose Packaging

PPE (Personal protective equipment) is equipment that will protect the user against health or safety risks at work or other high risk places. It can include items such as safety helmets, hand sanitiser, masks, aprons, gloves, eye protection, high-visibility clothing, safety footwear and safety harnesses. During the pandemic Melrose Packaging have been supplying many different
As healthcare waste sortation and streaming continues to spread, it has become critically important and demanding for organisations to choose the right clinical waste bag. Two decades ago, healthcare packaging trends allowed for most companies to simply place clinical waste in the nearest bag or container – a sort of ‘out of sight, out of

Plastic Bags Facts

Plastic bags are a great way for manufacturers to keep costs low while protecting their products during transit or storage. There are various advantages to using polythene in plastic bags that benefit both the manufacturer and the consumer, and it has become an increasingly common material for many of the plastic bags and packages we
How to recycle plastic bags in the UK? Regular plastic is not biodegradable, therefore they end up in landfills and oceans, polluting the waters and endangering our planet. Recycling plastic bags decreases the amount of pollution of the environment. The plastic industry has been at the receiving end of a great deal of bad press
A versatile and cost-effective packaging that can be used for food and non-food use, grip seal bags are a popular option for industry, retail and private use. Made from polythene, a grip seal bag is a plastic bag which benefits from a grip seal across the top. The grip seal can be set to the
You may feel like sticking to cardboard boxes over modern polythene mailing bags is more ‘traditional’ or reliable. And when it comes to heavyweight items, you naturally need to have the most robust packing solution to hand. But for all the virtues a simple cardboard box has, we have plenty of reasons why we feel
Poly plastic bags are a practical way to solve lots of commercial problems. They can be used for display purposes or to maintain the quality and standard of products that would be damaged if they were kept in an open environment. They are also ideal for mailing packages or documents. Plastic sacks and black bags
Plastic and other packaging materials are also sustainable resources. Here are a couple of interesting case studies. 1. A homeware retailer using Sealed Air’s Cryovac® CT shrink film reduced… Packaging weight by 125,000 kg Energy consumption by 24,000 kWh Pallet storage space by 300 m2 Greenhouse gas emissions by 16,000 kgCO2e 2. A clothing retailer
Whether you’re sending products or items through the post or displaying fragile products, protective packaging is a requirement. Every business understands the risks entailed in the transport of delicate products to customers. This is the reason there is such a wide range of protective packaging on the market. The type of product you are sending
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