Advice,Business,Consumer LDPE stands for Low Density Polythylene and refers to the soft plastic material that makes up these bags, it is the most common type of plastic used by manufacturers at around 19.3%. You can also get HDPE, high density Polythylene, which is a harder material and more expensive to make.

LDPE carrier bags are a cheap and versatile choice due to their semi-rigid, weather proof and tough properties. From a manufacturing point of view they are also easily processed at a low cost – keeping them reasonably priced to print bespoke designs and logos onto. Manufacturers more than ever are now able to customer print and manufacture these bags aligned to any design and brand requirements. There are also the options of having these bags manufactured in print or gloss finishes.

They are listed as a type 4 material, which means they are slightly harder to recycle that their type 2 HDPE cousin, but their long life allows for continued reuse. This overall makes this a type of carrier bag which is good value for money and most ideal for serving a wide variety of retail carrier bagging requiements.