Summary of Compliance With Plastic Trash Bag Certification Requirements for 2006 Reporting Period

Statutory Requirements | 2006 Certification Process and Results

The following summary is based on certifications received by the California Integrated Waste Management Board for the 2006 reporting period. If your company is listed as failing to certify and you are not a trash bag manufacturer or wholesaler, or believe the company should not be listed, please contact us (see the bottom of this page for contact information).

Requirements of Public Resources Code section 42290 et seq.

Plastic Trash Bag Manufacturers
Plastic trash bag manufacturers selling trash bags in California are required to meet either one of the following:

• Ensure that its plastic trash bags contain a quantity of recycled plastic postconsumer material (RPPCM) equal to at least 10 percent of the weight of the regulated bags.
• Ensure that at least 30 percent of the weight of material used in all of its plastic products intended for sale in California is RPPCM.

Wholesalers
Wholesalers are required to certify the names of trash bags manufacturers and other wholesalers from which they purchased plastic trash bags.

2006 Certification Process and Results

Information is organized as follows. Select the section you wish to review.

• Manufacturers That Met the Minimum Postconsumer Content Requirements for 2006
• Noncompliant Manufacturers for 2006
• Noncompliant Wholesalers for 2006

Manufacturers That Met the Minimum Postconsumer Content Requirements for 2006

The following 28 plastic trash bag manufacturers certified to the CIWMB that they met the minimum RPPCM requirements (at least 10 percent) of the plastic trash bag law, using a collective total of 7,383 tons of RPPCM for calendar year 2006:

• AEP Industries, Inc., South Hackensack, New Jersey, (201) 807-2357
• Allstate Plastics, Inc., San Leandro, California, (510) 352-3261
• Bio Industries, Inc., Wheeling, Illinois, (847) 215-8999
• Caltex Plastics, Inc., Vernon, California, (323) 583-4140
• Colonial Bag Corp., Carol Stream, Illinois, (630) 690-3999
• Covalence Specialty Materials, Corp., Minneapolis, Minnesota, (605) 334-3548 [dba: Apollo Mfg.]
• Envision, Wichita, Kansas, (316) 267-2244
• EPS Production, Inc., San Leandro, California, (510) 701-1232
• Flex-O-Glass, Chicago, Illinois, (773) 261-5200 [dba: Warp Brothers]
• Fortune Plastics of Arizona, Inc., Glendale, Arizona, (623) 842-2236
• Fortune Plastics of Illinois, Inc., Mundelein, Illinois, (847) 566-6264 [dba: Parade Packaging]
• Heritage Bag Company, Carrollton, Texas, (972) 241-5525
• Mercury Plastics, Inc., City of Industry, California, (626) 961-0165
• Metro Poly Corp., San Leandro, California, (510) 357-9898
• Mohawk Western Plastics, Inc., LaVerne, California, (909) 593-7547
• Montebello Plastics, Inc., Montebello, California, (323) 728-6814
• Omega Extruding Corp. of California, Lyndhurst, New Jersey, (909) 941-2800
• Petoskey Plastics, Petoskey, Michigan, (231) 347-2602
• Phoenix Recycling, Inc., Murrells Inlet, South Carolina, (843) 237-1711
• Pitt Plastics, Pittsburg, Kansas, (620) 231-4030
• Presto Products, Co., [Alcoa Consumer Products] Appleton, Wisconsin, (920) 738-1733
• Quality Transparent Bag Company, Bay City, Michigan, (800) 292-2708
• Rollpack Corporation, Goshen, Indiana, (574) 533-0541
• Seventh Generation, Burlington, Vermont, (802) 658-3773
• Spectrum Plastics, Inc., Cerritos, California, (562) 623-2555
• Wardley Industrial, Inc., Stockton, California, (209) 932-1088
• Webster Industries, Peabody, Massachusetts, (978) 532-2000
• Wildwood Industries, Inc., Bloomington, Illinois, (407) 876-0456

Noncompliant Manufacturers for 2006

Following is an updated list of noncompliant trash bag manufacturers for the 2006 reporting period. In addition to the 34 manufacturers deemed noncompliant, all subsidiaries, divisions, dba’s, or successors have been added in alphabetical order for easier identification. The list now reflects the names of 51 companies.

Aargus Plastics Inc., Wheeling, IL
Common Products: Bags--plastic/coated paper; unsupported plastic film-sheet.

Advanced Poly Packaging, Akron, OH
Other Locations: United Kingdom
Common Products: Plastic Bags.

All American Poly Corp, Piscataway, NJ (HQ)
Other Locations: Lawrenceville, GA
Common Products: Unsupported plastics film and sheet; bags--Plastic/coated paper.

AmTopp, Livingston, NJ [Subsidiary of Inteplast Group, Ltd., Livingston, NJ (HQ)]

Apco Extruders, Inc., Edison, NJ
Common Products: Polyethylene bags, films, liners, sheets; plastic/coated paper.

Central Poly Corporation, Linden, NJ
Common Products: Heavy-duty trash bags, dispensers, paper products, plastic utensils, sanitary equipment, accessories, containers.

Coast Converters, Inc., Pacoima, CA
Other Locations: North Las Vegas, NV
Common Products: Unsupported plastic film/sheet.

Columbia Plastics, Inc., Los Angeles, CA
Common Products: Plastic bags; wholesales paper and disposable plastic bags; wholesales plastics materials.

CPI Plastics Group, Ltd, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada (HQ)
USA Subsidiary: Crila Plastics Industries, Inc., Elkhart, Indiana
Branch Locations: Pleasant Prairie, WI

Extrudawood International, Wales, United Kingdom
Common Products: Plastics products, plastic bags, management services, business services, lumber, plywood, millwork. Brands: Rubbermaid

Crila Plastics Industries, Inc., Elkhart, Indiana [Subsidiary of CPI Plastics Group, Ltd, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada]

Dongguan Maruman Plastic Packaging Co. LTD, Guangdong, China
Common Products: Plastic grocery bag, rolling bag, 8-fold bag, trash bag, hanging bags, flat open bags, hand bags, vegetable bags, composite food bags.

Extrudawood International, Wales, United Kingdom [Subsidiary of CPI Plastics Group, Ltd., Mississauga, Ontario, Canada]

FlexSol Packaging Corporation, Pompano Beach, FL (HQ)
Other Locations: Chicago, IL; Newark, NJ; Nashville, TN; Statesville, NC
Common Products: Plastic film products; shrink and non-shrink film; cereal liner films; food wrap; mailer pouch films; silicon and synthetic paper coating; banner film; linear low-density polyethylene (LLDPE) and high-density polyethylene (HDPE) can liners, bio-hazardous/infectious waste can liners.

Glad Manufacturing Co., Oakland, CA (HQ)
Other Locations: Rogers, AR; New Milford, CT; Kennesaw, GA; Willowbrook, IL; Braintree, MA; Haledon, NJ; Parsippany, NJ; Hawthorne, NY
Common Products: Plastic film and sheet products; basic shapes; wraps and containers; polyethylene bags; trash bags; sanitary goods; polishes.
Brands: Glad; Gladware

Global Packaging, [Subsidiary of Weifang Kangle Plastics Co. Ltd], Shanghai, China

Green Concepts International, Inc., Oakland, CA

Inteplast Group, Ltd., Livingston, NJ (HQ)
dba: Amtopp, Integrated Bagging Systems, World Pak
Common Products: Institutional and consumer trash can liners, industrial plastic packaging, private labels bags.
Brands: Intepro; IntePlus; InteFoam; InteCel; InteClear; InteDur; Tuf Board; Ideal Bags; Reddi Bags.

Integrated Bagging Systems Division (IBS), [Subsidiary of Inteplast Group, Ltd, Livingston, NJ (HQ)]

Jadcore, Inc., Terre Haute, IN
dba: Jadcore Trucking
Subsidiaries, Divisions, Successors: Premier Compounding
Common Products: Plastic bags; general warehousing, wholesales plastic materials; local trucking without storage services.

Jiangyin Brand Polyethylene Packaging, Jiangsu, China
Common Products: Polythene packaging, including: low-density polyethylene (LDPE) Poly Bags; LDPE Zip Lock bags; LDPE/HDPE bags on a roll; LDPE/HDPE bin liner/garbage bags; LDPE/HDPE carton liners.

Laddawn Inc. (N.E. Poly Bag), Sterling, MA (HQ)
dba: Northeast Poly Bag Company;
Subsidiaries, Division, or Successors: Laddawn Manufacturing; Sterling Imports; Laddawn Products
Other Locations: Atlanta, GA; Reno, NV; Dallas, TX
Common Products: Plastic bags; plastic coated-paper bags; unsupported plastic film; plastic products; stock or custom-produced polyethylene packaging materials.

Laddawn Manufacturing [Subsidiary of Laddawn, Inc., Sterling, MA (HQ)]

Laddawn Products [Subsidiary of Laddawn, Inc., Sterling, MA (HQ)]

Medical Action Industries, Hauppauge, NY (HQ)
Other Locations: Arden, NC; Clarksburg, WV
Common Products: Laparotomy sponges; operating room towels; gauze and dressings; surgery procedure trays and devices; infectious/medical waste bags; trash bags.

Naraipak Co., Bangkok, Thailand
Common Products: Plastic & rubber products, plastic bags, shopping bags, food containing bags, garbage bags, HDPE Plastic Bags.

National Plastek Inc., Caledonia, MI
Common Products: Unsupported plastics film and sheet, unlaminated plastics film.

Northeast Poly Bag Company, [Subsidiary of Laddawn, Inc., Sterling, MA (HQ)]

Newspring Industrial Corporation, Kearny, NJ  [Subsidiary of Pactiv Corporation, Lake Forrest, IL (HQ)]
Other Locations: Compton, CA; Rancho Cucamonga, CA; Morton, Illinois

Omega Extruding/Sigma Plastics, Compton, CA
dba: Omega Extruding
Subsidiaries, Divisions, or Successors: Omega Plastics Corporation
Common Products: Plastic film and sheet; polyethylene bags; trash bags.

Orion Plastics, Compton, CA
Common Products: MFG plastic materials/resins; sheet extrusion processes.

Pactiv Corporation, Lake Forrest, IL (HQ)
Other Locations: Over 200 locations worldwide, including: Bakersfield, Cerritos, City of Industry, El Dorado Hills, Fresno, Hayward, La Mirada, Livermore, Mira Loma, Pomona, Red Bluff, Santa Fe Springs, and Visalia, CA.
Subsidiaries, Divisions, or Successors: Pactiv International Holdings (Lake Forrest, Il); Newspring Industrial Corporation (Kearny, NJ); PCA Box Company, (Houston, TX); PCA Hydro, Inc., (Houston, TX)
Common Products: Specialty packaging; food and foodservice packaging; film plastics trash bags; building products (building wrap, underlay, insulation board, siding, condensation board, etc); corrugated and paperboard products; management consulting services.
Brands: Green Guard Building Products; Hefty; HeftyPals; Serve and Store and Zoo Pals tableware; Slide Rite closure systems.

Pactiv International Holdging, Inc., Lake Forrest, IL [Subsidiary of Pactiv Corporation, Lake Forrest, IL (HQ)]

PCA Box Company, Houston, TX [Subsidiary of Pactiv Corporation, Lake Forrest, IL (HQ)]

PCA Hydro, Inc., Houston, TX [Subsidiary of Pactiv Corporation – Lake Forrest, IL (HQ)]

PCL Packaging Corp., Oakville Ontario CAN Pactiv Corporation, Lake Forrest, IL (HQ)
Other Locations: North Dighton, MA; Atlanta, GA; Pueblo, CO; Barrie, Ontario, Canada.
Common Products: Bags--plastics, laminated, and coated; plastics bag manufacturing.

Polyethics Recycling Industries, Forest N, Orilla CAN
Common Products: Garbage can liners, plastic bags.

Reef Industries, Houston, TX
Other Locations: Schulenburg, Texas; San Benito, Texas
Common Products: Laminated plastics plate and sheet plastics materials and resins, Unsupported plastics film and sheet; unlaminated plastics film and sheet.

Republic Bag, Inc., Corona CA (HQ)
Other Locations: Houston, TX and hundreds of locations worldwide
Common Products: Plastic film products; trash bags and can liners; pallet covers; mattress bags; box liners.
Brands: Utility Classic; Western Classic; Enviro Bag.

Sigma Plastics Group, Lyndhurst, NJ (HQ)
Other Locations: Carlstadt, NJ; Tulsa, OK
Subsidiaries, Divisions, or Successors: dba--Sigma Stretch
Common Products: Plastic film and sheet; plastics laundry and dry cleaning bags; trash bags, specialty film products.
Brands: Sigma Select; Magnum Stretch 300; Stiff and Strong ^TM

Sigma Stretch [Subsidiary of Sigma Plastics Group, Lyndhurst, NJ (HQ)]

Sterling Imports [Subsidiary of Laddawn, Inc. Sterling, MA (HQ]

Target Plastics Company, Inc., Corona, CA (HQ)
Common Products Produced: Plastic film products; trash bags and can liners; pallet covers; mattress bags; box liners.

Siu’s Products & Dist., Inc., Oakland, CA
Common Products: Plastic bags, liners, covers.

Starlight Plastics Manufacturing, Inc., Oakland, CA (HQ)
Common Products: Plastic film; trash bags.

Sun Packaging, Westfield, IN
Products: Manufactures plastic bags made from purchased materials; plastic bag printing service; manufactures unsupported plastics film and sheet.

TransWestern Polymers, Livermore, CA
Common Products: Plastic bags, shredder bags.

Trinity Packaging Corporation, Armonk, NY (HQ)
Other Locations: Lewistown, PA; Remington, Rocky Mount, VA
Common Products: Plastic film and sheet; trash bags.

Unistar Plastics, LLC, New Orleans, LA (HQ)
Other Locations: Haraham, LA
Common Products: Plastic film products; grocery, produce, merchandise, trash bags and can liners. The company manufactures patented systems for dispensing bags and recycling bags in supermarkets.
Brands/Trademarks: Kwik Bag and Sack–Saver

Weifang Kangle Plastics Co. Ltd, Weifang, Shandong, China
Other Locations: Masong Town, Changle County, Shandong, China, Weifang City
Common Products: T-shirt bags; bags on roll; flat bags; trash bags; patch bags; packaging bags.

World-Pak Division [Subsidiary of Inteplast Group, Ltd, Livingston, NJ (HQ)]

Noncompliant Wholesalers for 2006

Following is an updated list of noncompliant trash bag wholesalers for the 2006 reporting period. In addition to the 18 wholesalers deemed noncompliant, all subsidiaries, divisions, dba’s, or successors have been added in alphabetical order for easier identification. The list now reflects the names of 53 companies.

ABC Marketing, Villa Park, CA

Acorn Paper Products, Los Angeles, CA
Common Products: Distributor of packaging materials including bags, pouches, boxes, mailers, labels, cushioning packaging products, corrugated cartons, point of purchase displays, containers, printed tapes, standard and micron stretch films, tapes for carton sealing & industrial applications, plastic products including tubing & tarps. Distributor of complete janitorial and sanitary maintenance products, including: towels, tissues, wipers, trash can liners and bags, cleaning products and related items. Custom packaging includes laminated litho labels and printed paper retail bags.

Advanced Packaging Technology, Waterford, MI

Allegro Coffee Company [Subsidiary of Whole Foods Market, Austin, TX (HQ)]

Bag Connection, The, Dundee, OR
Common Products: Manufactures and wholesales systems for recycling; maintenance program for industrial sling bulk bags; plastic bags.

Bargain Wholesale, City of Commerce, CA [dba of Ninety Nine Cent Stores]

Bud’s Warehouse Outlet [dba of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., Bentonville, AR]

Business Depot, Ltd. [Subsidiary of Staples, Inc., Framingham, MA]

Freshland, Ltd. [Subsidiary of Whole Foods Market, Austin, TX (HQ)]

Fresh & Wild, Ltd., [Subsidiary of Whole Foods Market, Austin, TX (HQ)]

Grand Rental Station [Subsidiary of True Value Company, Chicago, IL]

Hayes Marketing, Inc. [Subsidiary of Staples, Inc., Framingham, MA]

Home & Garden Showplace [Subsidiary of True Value Company, Chicago, IL]

Hope LNK Company [Affiliate of KJR Company, San Jose, CA]

Hypermart, USA [dba of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., Bentonville, AR]

Jamba Juice [Subsidiary of Whole Foods Market, Austin, TX (HQ)]

KJR Company [dba--Central Cash and Carry, San Jose, CA] Should Central Cash and Carry have its own listing as a "dba of" KJR Company?
Affiliated: Hope LNK Company dba Central Cash and Carry
Common Products: Distributor of complete janitorial and sanitary maintenance products, including towels, tissues, wipers, trash can liners, and bags.

Kross Office Outfitters, Inc. [Subsidiary of Staples, Inc, Framingham, MA]

LF LLC, Wilmington, DE [Subsidiary of Lowe’s Companies, Mooresville, NC]

LG Sourcing Inc - Inc., Tsim SHA Tsui Kowloon, Hong Kong. [Subsidiary of Lowe’s Companies, N. Wilkesboro, NC]

Longs Drug Stores Corp., Walnut Creek, CA
Over 500 Store Locations Nationwide; Variety Store
Subsidiary: RX America, LLC, Salt Lake City, UT
Common Products: Pharmacy; baby products; cleaning products; film processing; cosmetics; gifts. Distributor of complete line of janitorial and sanitary maintenance products, including; towels, tissues, wipers, trash can liners and bags, cleaning products and related items.

Lowe’s Companies, Inc., Mooresville, NC
Other Locations: 1,380 Store Locations Nationwide
Subsidiaries: Lowe’s Home Centers, Inc., Mooresville, NC; HIW Lowe’s Inc.; LG Sourcing, Inc., N. Wilkesboro, NC; LF LLC, Wilmington, DE; LG Sourcing Inc., Tsim SHA Tsui Kowloon, Hong Kong.
Common Products: Gardening products; home fashion items; lumber; millwork; plumbing and electrical supplies; tools; appliances, and furniture. Distributor of complete line of janitorial & sanitary maintenance products, including: Towels, tissues; wipers; trash can liners and bags; cleaning products & related items.

Lowe’s Home Centers, Inc. [Subsidiary of Lowe’s Companies, Mooresville, NC]

Lowe’s Inc. [Subsidiary of Lowe’s Companies, Mooresville, NC]

Malling Beck ApS [Subsidiary of Staples, Inc, Framingham, MA]

Medical Arts Press, Inc. [Subsidiary of Staples, Inc, Framingham, MA]

Mrs. Gooche’s Natural Foods Markets [Subsidiary of Whole Foods Market, Austin, TX (HQ)]

Ninety Nine Cent Stores
dba: Bargain Wholesale, City of Commerce, CA
Other Locations: 230 company stores in California, Las Vegas, Phoenix, and Texas
Common Products: Consumables; health and beauty aids; stationery items; kitchen supplies; candy; toys; cleaning supplies; plastic can liners and bags; glassware and housewares.

Officenet [Subsidiary of Staples, Inc., Framingham, MA]

Office SA. [Subsidiary of Staples, Inc., Framingham, MA]

Office Superstore, The [Subsidiary of Staples, Inc, Framingham, MA]

Pacific True Value [Subsidiary of True Value Company, Chicago, IL]

Party Central [Subsidiary of True Value Company, Chicago, IL]

Professional Hospital Supply, Temecula, CA
Common Products: Medical, dental, and hospital equipment and supplies. Merchant wholesaler.

Quill Corporation [Subsidiary of Staples, Inc, Framingham, MA]

Rolling Hills Plastics, Inc., Rancho Palos Verdes, CA
Common Products: Polyethylene bags; stretch wrap; poly sheeting; poly tubing; pallet covers; bin liners; carton liners; drum liners; furniture supplies; custom products; corrugated boxes; slip sheets; air bags and tapes.

RX America, LLC, Salt Lake City, UT [Subsidiary of Longs Drug Store Corp., Walnut Creek, CA]

Sam’s Club [dba of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., Bentonville, AR]

Smile Makers for Children [Subsidiary of Staples, Inc., Framingham, MA]

Staples Contract and Commercial Inc. [Subsidiary of Staples, Inc., Framingham, MA]

Staples, Inc., Framingham, MA
Other Locations: Hundreds of locations nationwide.
Subsidiaries: Medical Arts Press, Inc; Hayes Marketing, Inc.; Quill Corporation; Kross Office Outfitters, Inc.; Staples Contract and Commercial Inc.; Staples International, Inc.; Malling Beck ApS; Business Depot, Ltd.; Smile Makers for Children; Officenet; Office SA.;The Office Superstore.
Common Products: Office supplies including trash compactor bags and liners.

Staples International, Inc. [Subsidiary of Staples, Inc, Framingham, MA]

Starlight Plastic Mfg, Inc., Oakland, CA

Taylor Rental [Subsidiary of True Value Company, Chicago, IL]

True Value Company, Chicago, IL
Other Locations: Fort Plain, NY, Harvard, Il; Cleveland OH, Kansas City, MO; Jonesboro, GA; Manchester, NH, Allentown, PA; Mankato, MN, Denver, CO; Corsicana, TX; Woodland, CA Harvard, IL; Cary IL ; and hundreds of locations Nationwide.
dba: Grand Rental Station; Home & Garden Showplace; Party Central; Taylor Rental
Subsidiaries: Trusery Acceptance Co., Inc.; Trusery Logistics Co.; Pacific True Value; VS Variety.
Common Products: Home improvement; garden supplies; appliances; housewares; sporting goods; toys. Distributor of complete line of janitorial and sanitary maintenance products, including towels, tissues, wipers, trash can liners and bags, cleaning products and related items.

Trusery Acceptance Co., Inc. [Subsidiary of True Value Company, Chicago, IL]

Trusery Logistics [Subsidiary of True Value Company, Chicago, IL]

VS Variety [Subsidiary of True Value Company, Chicago, IL]

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., Bentonville, AR
Other Locations: 6775 locations worldwide.
dba: Buds Warehouse Outlets; Hypermart, USA; Sam’s Club.
Common Products: Electronics; pharmaceuticals; health and beauty aids; sporting goods and toys; stationery and books; jewelry; photo processing; shoes. Distributor of complete line of janitorial & sanitary maintenance products, including towels, tissues, wipers, trash can liners and bags, cleaning products and related items.

Wfm Select Fish, Inc., [Subsidiary of Whole Foods Market, Austin, TX (HQ)]

Whole Foods Market Northern Region, Emeryville, CA

Whole Foods Market Southern California Region, Sherman Oaks, CA
Other Locations: 210 locations in North America, Canada and the United Kingdom.
Subsidiaries and dba’s: Allegro Coffee Company, Inc. Denver, CO; Fresh & Wild, Ltd.,; Yellowframes, Ltd.,; Freshland, Ltd.,; Wfm Select Fish, Inc.,; Mrs. Gooche’s Natural Foods Markets, Inc.,; Jamba Juice.
Common Products: Distributor of complete line of janitorial and sanitary maintenance products, including towels, tissues, wipers, trash can liners and bags, cleaning products and related items.

Yellowframes, Ltd., [Subsidiary off Whole Foods Market, Austin, TX (HQ)]

Information Sources
Dun and Bradstreet; Hoovers.com; State of California, Secretary of State; ThomasRegister; United States Securities and Exchange Commission; State of Delaware; trade association websites; individual company websites.

2005 List | 2004 List | 2003 List | 2002 List | 2001 List | 2000 List | 1999 List

Trash Bags Home