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Plastic bag

A plastic bag, poly bag, or pouch is a type of container made of thin, flexible, plastic film, nonwoven fabric, or plastic textile. Plastic bags are used for containing and transporting goods such as foods, produce, powders, ice, magazines, chemicals, and waste. It is a common form of packaging.

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Classification
Bag
Inventor
Sten Gustaf Thulin
Uses
Container

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Package

Medical uses

Flexible intermediate bulk container

Plastic shopping bags

Danger to children

Uses

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Plastic bag

Nodes61
Edges60
Triples104
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.032787
Components1

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Plastic bag

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related to Further reading · 19
Plastic bag → August, Encyclopedia, Environment, From, Fundamentals, History, IoPP, ISBN, Johansson, John Wiley, Mundane Swedish Innovation, Nils, No, Packaging, Packaging Technology, Sons, The Plastic Bag, Vol, World's Oceans
related to history · 13
Plastic bag → American, As, Celloplast, European, From, In, Norrköping, Sten Gustaf Thulin, Sweden, Swedish, The, Thulin, Thulin's
related to Package · 12
Plastic bag → Bags, Day, Handles, International Plastic Bag Free, July, LDPE, LLDPE, Other, Plastics, Polyethylene, Several, Some
related to International usage · 9
Plastic bag → China, Denmark, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Poland, Slovakia, The, While
related to Bans · 8
Plastic bag → California, Canada, In, In India, In September, Montreal, Ottawa, US
related to Plastic bags and the environment · 6
Plastic bag → At, Half, In, Non-compostable, Not, Plastic
related to Medical uses · 5
Plastic bag → Bags, Moderate, Plastic, The, They
related to Plastic shopping bags · 5
Plastic bag → Because, Heavy-duty, Open, Some, Stores
related to Danger to children · 4
Plastic bag → Because, Thin, This, United States
related to External links · 4
Plastic bag → Media, Plastic, Wikimedia Commons, Wiktionary-logo-en-v2

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bags plastic bag used packaging made use shopping material environmental waste recycling many plastics environment flexible container usually often materials

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Plastic bagClassificationBag1.00infobox
Plastic bagInventorSten Gustaf Thulin1.00infobox
Plastic bagUsesContainer1.00infobox
foodsinstance ofPlastic bags are used for containing and transporting goods0.80text
produceinstance ofPlastic bags are used for containing and transporting goods0.80text
powdersinstance ofPlastic bags are used for containing and transporting goods0.80text
iceinstance ofPlastic bags are used for containing and transporting goods0.80text
magazinesinstance ofPlastic bags are used for containing and transporting goods0.80text
chemicalsinstance ofPlastic bags are used for containing and transporting goods0.80text
and wasteinstance ofPlastic bags are used for containing and transporting goods0.80text
carrying handlesinstance ofplastic bags are reused before discard at a rate of 1.6 times.Bags come with various features0.80text
hanging holesinstance ofplastic bags are reused before discard at a rate of 1.6 times.Bags come with various features0.80text

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