Summary of Compliance With Plastic Trash Bag Certification Requirements for 2007 Reporting Period

Statutory Requirements | 2007 Certification Process and Results

The following summary is based on certifications received by the California Integrated Waste Management Board for the 2007 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 bag manufacturers and other wholesalers from which they purchased plastic trash bags.

2007 Certification Results

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

• Manufacturers That Met the Minimum Postconsumer Content Requirements for 2007
• Noncompliant Manufacturers for 2007
• Noncompliant Wholesalers for 2007

Manufacturers That Met the Minimum Postconsumer Content Requirements for 2007

The following 22 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 9,611 tons of RPPCM for calendar year 2007:

• AEP Industries, South Hackensack, New Jersey, (201) 807-2357
• Caltex Plastics, Inc., Vernon, California, (323) 583-4140
• Colonial Bag Corporation, Carol Stream, Illinois, (630) 690-3999
• E-Poly Star, San Leandro, California, (510) 701-1232
• Envision, Wichita, Kansas, (316) 267-2244
• Fortune Plastics of Arizona, Inc., Glendale, Arizona, (623) 842-2236
• Fortune Plastics of Illinois, dba Parade Packaging, Mundelein, Illinois, (847) 566-6264
• Heritage Bag Company, Carrollton, Texas, (972) 241-5525
• Mercury Plastics, City of Industry, California, (800) 831-2517
• Metro Poly Corporation, San Leandro, California, (510) 357-9898
• Montebello Plastics, Inc., Montebello, California, (323) 728-6814
• New Berry Holding, Minneapolis, Minnesota, (605) 334-3548
• Petoskey Plastics, Petoskey, Michigan, (231) 237-1711
• Pitt Plastics, Pittsburg, Kansas, (620) 231-4030
• Presto Products Company; Alcoa Consumer Products, Appleton, Wisconsin, (920) 738-1733
• Quality Transparent Bag Company, Bay City, Michigan, (800) 292-2708
• Seventh Generation, Bay City, Michigan, (802) 658-3773
• Spectrum Plastics, Inc., Cerritos, California, (562) 623-2555
• TRM Manufacturing, Inc., Corona, California, (714) 523-8640
• Wardley Industrial, Inc., Stockton, California, (209) 932-1088
• Webster Industries, Peabody, Massachusetts, (978) 532-2000
• Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, Michigan, (269) 923-3760
• Wildwood Industries, Inc., Bloomington, Illinois, (407) 876-0456

Noncompliant Manufacturers for 2007

Following is an updated list of 47 noncompliant plastic trash bag manufacturers for the 2007 reporting period as required by the California Code of Regulations section 17985(b).

• All American Poly Corp., Piscataway, New Jersey, (732) 752-3200
• Allstate Plastics, Inc., San Leandro, California, (510) 352-3261
• Apco Extruders, Inc., Edison, New Jersey, (732) 287-3000
• Api Industries, Inc. dba Aluf Plastics, Orangeburg, New York, (800) 394-2247
• California Plastics, Santa Clara, California, (408) 988-7990
• Carlisle Plastics, Inc., Minneapolis, Minnesota, (800) 873-3941
• Central Poly Corporation, Linden, New Jersey, (908) 862-7570
• Columbia Plastics, Los Angeles, California, (323) 257-2265
• CPI Plastics Group, Ltd., Elkart, Indiana, (219) 294-1263
• Elkay Plastics Company, Inc., Commerce, California, (323) 722-7073
• Four Star Plastics, Beltsville, Maryland, (888) 595-4626
• Glad Manufacturing Company, Oakland, California, (925) 425-6674
• Goalson Development Corporation, Hayward, California, (510) 471-1160
• Grand Packaging, Inc., Los Angeles, California, (323) 260-4800
• Green Concepts International, Inc., Oakland, California, (510) 261-3668
• Inteplast Group, dba IBS, Livingston, New Jersey, (973) 994-8065
• Jadcore, Terre Haute, Indiana, (812) 234-2724
• Laddawn Inc. (N.E. Poly Bag), Sterling, Massachusetts, (978) 422-3371
• Medical Action Industries Inc., Clarksburg, West Virginia, (978) 422-3371
• Mohawk Western Plastics, Inc., La Verne, California, (909) 593-7547
• Naripak Company, Bangkok, Thailand, no phone number available
• OBS-Redi Packaging, Inc., Eatontown, New Jersey, (800) 424-8600
• Omega Extruding Corporation of CA, Lyndhurst, New Jersey, (909) 941-2800
• Omega Extruding/Sigma Plastics, Compton, California, (714) 838-4921
• Orion Plastics, Compton, California, (310) 223-0370
• Pactiv Corporation, Lake Forest, Illinois, (847) 482-2415
• PCL Packaging Corp., Oakville, Ontario, (705) 730-7646
• Poly-America, LP, Grand Praire, Texas, (972) 337-7220
• Polyfirst Packaging, Hartford, Wisconsin, (262) 673-6888
• Poly-Options, Inc., Freeport, Illinois, (825) 235-1299
• Republic Bag Company dba Sigma Plastics, Corona, California, (951) 734-9740
• Rollpak Corpoartion, Goshen, Indiana, (574) 533-0541
• Roplast Industries, Oroville, California, (530) 532-9500
• Santa Fe Extruders, Inc., Santa Fe Springs, California, (562) 921-8991
• Sigma Plastics Group, Lyndhurst, New Jersey, (201) 933-6000
• Siu's Products & Dist., Inc., Oakland, California, (510) 382-1700
• Starlight Plastic Manufacturing, Oakland, California, (510) 769-0837
• Sun Plastics, Inc., Los Angeles California, (317) 896-2591
• Target Plastics Co., Inc., Rancho Cucamonga, California, (909) 941-7778
• TransWestern Polymers, Livermore, California, (925) 449-7800
• Trinity Packaging Corporaton, Armonk, New York, (540) 489-9915
• Weifang Kangle Plastics Co., Ltd., Shanghai, China, no phone number available
• Weifang Kangle Plastics Co., Ltd., Shandong, China, no phone number available
• Western Packaging, Inc., Glendale, Arizona, (623) 934-7211
• Wisconsin Film & Bag, Inc., Shawano, Wisconsin, (715) 524-2565

Noncompliant Wholesalers for 2007

Following is an updated list of 54 noncompliant plastic trash bag wholesalers for the 2007 reporting period as required by the California Code of Regulations section 17985(b).

• AAA Products Distribution, Sun Valley, California, (818) 771-0666
• Acorn Paper Products, Los Angeles, California, (323) 980-8320
• Advanced Packaging Technologies, Waterford, Minnesota, (248) 674-3126
• Advantage Group, The, Redondo Beach, California, (310) 379-3933
• All American Poly Corp., Piscataway, New Jersey, (732) 752-3200
• All Fresh Products, Inc., San Diego, California, (619) 232-1008
• American Paper & Plastic, Inc., El Monte, California, (626) 444-0000
• American Transit Supply, San Leandro, California, (510) 635-2001
• Bag Barn.com, Madison, Indiana, (812) 273-3416
• Bag Connection Inc., The, Dundee, Oregon, (503) 538-8180
• Bunzl Distribution Inc., and Papercraft, Clackamas, Oregon, (503) 557-7402
• California Cleaning Supply, Bell Gardens, California, (562) 927-2899
• Crestpoly Packaging Corp., San Gabriel, California, (626) 287-9678
• Dyna-Pak Corp., Lawrenceburg, Tennessee, (931) 762-4016
• El Dorado Paper, Inc./Express Paper Product, Shingle Springs, California, (530) 677-2131
• Elkay Plastics Company, Inc., Los Angeles, California, (323) 263-7073
• Home Depot, The, Atlanta, Georgia, (770) 433-8211
• Home Sanitary Supply Company, Ventura, California, (805) 636-7733
• Infinity Packaging, Inc., Monterey, California, (831) 653-9800
• McKesson Medical, Ontario, California, (949) 280-2313
• Merchants Paper Company, Portland, Oregon, (503) 235-2171
• Metro Wholesale, Montebello, California, (408) 313-1757
• Moo Han Global, Inc., Los Angeles, California, (213) 427-9700
• National Bag Company, Hudson, Ohio (330) 425-2600
• Nelson Building Maintenance, Inc. dba JC Nelson Supply Co., Fairfield, California, (707) 422-1781
• Ninety-Nine Cent Stores dba Bargain Wholesale, City of Commerce, California, (323) 881-9950
• Oakland Paper & Supply, Richmond, California, (800) 237-3103
• Padre Janitorial Supplies, San Diego, California, (619) 237-4360
• Paper Mart, Los Angeles, California, (800) 745-8800
• PolyBagSupplies.com, Fountain Inn, North Carolina, (866) 900-7938
• Poly-Corr Industries, Chino, California, (909) 637-7639
• Professional Hospital Supply, Temecula, California, (951) 296-2600
• Reynolds Packaging, Santa Rosa, California, (707) 575-9884
• Rhodes Consolidated, Inc., Galt, California, (209) 339-4848
• River City Paper, Rancho Cordova, California, (916) 364-8800
• S & G Diversified Products, Chino Hills, California, (866) 464-8554
• San Luis Paper Co., Inc., San Luis Obispo, California (805) 544-5656
• Save-A-Lot Food Stores, Inc., Minneapolis, Minnesota, (952) 906-6593
• Sears Holding dba Kmart Corporation, Hoffman Estates, Illinois, (847) 286-0921
• Sim-Co Products, Inc., Vallejo, California, (707) 557-1038
• Smart & Final, Los Angeles, California, (323) 869-7604
• Staples, Inc., Framingham, Massachusetts, (508) 253-5010
• Starlight Plastic Mfg., Inc., Oakland, California, (510) 261-2318
• Supervalu Inc., Eden Prairie, Minnesota, (952) 828-4000
• Sysco Food Services of Central California, Modesto, California, (209) 491-7269
• Trans Consolidated Distributors, Inc., Chatsworth, California, (818) 407-1151
• Tri-Valley Supply, Thousand Oaks, California, (805) 495-8259
• United Polymers, Inc., La Mirada, California, (714) 523-1654
• Universal Plastic Bag Co., Gardena, California, (310) 324-3457
• Whole Foods Market Northern California Region, Emeryville, California, (510) 428-7400
• Whole Foods Market Southern California Region, Sherman Oaks, California, (818) 382-3700
• Yosemite Wholesale, Inc., Merced, California, (209) 384-1600

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.

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