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A newspaper bag or newspaper sleeve is a lightweight bag or sleeve used to wrap
A newspaper bag or newspaper sleeve is a lightweight bag or sleeve used to wrap newspaper
A newspaper is a periodical publication containing written information about current events and is often typed in black ink with a white or gray background.
Newspapers can cover a wide variety of fields such as politics, business, sports a ...
s to protect them from the elements. These bags are primarily made of polyethylene
Polyethylene or polythene (abbreviated PE; IUPAC name polyethene or poly(methylene)) is the most commonly produced plastic. It is a polymer, primarily used for packaging ( plastic bags, plastic films, geomembranes and containers including bo ...
, although some distributors have moved to using biodegradable bag
Biodegradable bags are bags that are capable of being decomposed by bacteria or other living organisms.
Each year approximately 500 billion to 1 trillion plastic bags are used worldwide.
Distinguishing "biodegradable" from "compostable"
In typ ...
s. These bags may be clear to display the newspaper inside, but are ordinarily imprinted with advertisements. Newspaper publishers may use bags as part of their standard preparation for delivery, or only during expected inclement weather. When used intermittently, paperboy
A paperboy is someoneoften an older child or adolescentwho distributes printed newspapers to homes or offices on a regular route, usually by bicycle or automobile. In Western nations during the heyday of print newspapers during the early 20th ...
s would roll the papers and insert them in the plastic sleeves as part of their daily preparations.
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