This page provides an insight into the uses for each type of bag. If you are unsure of the type of bag that would be suitable for your product, read through this page and it will help you make the right decision. If after reading you are still unsure, or if you would just like to speak to someone about your requirements, don't hesitate to give me and my team a call on FreePhone 0800 612 9637.

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George Brooks

These sacks are biodegradable and easy to recycle. Our paper comes from managed forests and can therefore be promoted as environmentally friendly.

Advantages
High quality printing available from one colour up to multi colour (photographic style) enabling you to promote your products cost effectively. Lacquered finishes further enhance the appearance.

Paper gives excellent low slip stacking on pallets. Moisture or grease barriers can also be incorporated into the construction and resealable zip closures are available. Further environmental benefit comes from the modern high strength papers we use which allow packaging weight reduction

Typical Uses
Animal/bird feed, chemicals, minerals , plaster, building and refractory products. Carry home handles available in the smaller sizes and typically used for rice, charcoal, cat litter, pet foods etc.

These sacks are biodegradable and easy to recycle. Our paper comes from managed forests and can therefore be promoted as environmentally friendly.These bags are designed to be used for automatic or semi automatic filling.

Advantages
Reduces dust contamination during filling. High porosity paper available for quick filling.
Tamperevident seals available to prevent contamination of products.
Excellent stacking on pallets.

Typical Uses
Virtually any powder or granular products. 100% white bag available for batch filling of chalk, talc etc. Carry home handle is available on the smaller sizes.

Woven polypropylene combines the advantages of high strength and low weight to make it an ideal packaging solution for many products. Polypropylene bags are one of the lowest cost types of packaging and polypropylene is also easy to recycle.

Advantages
Its woven construction minimises damage if the filled sack is snagged. The sacks are ideal for multi-trip use and can be used to minimise packaging requirements in line with the Packaging (Essential Requirements) Regulations. High quality promotional printing is available up to 4 colours.

They can be supplied in a variety of styles including coated cloth, lined (either sewn in or cuffed at the mouth) or with gussets. Coloured cloth is available to help identify the sack contents.

Our unique frictionally stable sack allows palletising without the need for shrink wrap or straps to hold the bags in position Click here to see the frictionally stable bag in use

Typical Uses
These sacks are used in a multitude of industrial and agricultural applications for example sugar, grass seed, malt, pulses, peat, logs, nuts and bolts, animal feeds etc.

Rolls of cloth are available coated or uncoated, this is an ideal wrapper or protective layer in a wide variety of applications.

Black Agri-textile fabric is used as a groundcover and has excellent weed suppressing properties.

Mainly produced from coated cloth using 3mm or 5mm wide tapes. These bags also combine the advantages of high strength and low weight to make them an ideal packaging solution for many products. Polypropylene bags are one of the lowest cost types of packaging and polypropylene is also easy to recycle.

Reel to reel printing is available in up to 4 colours.

Advantages
This cloth has good puncture resistance and excellent low weight / high strength characteristics. These bags are designed for automatic or semi automatic filling and the valve construction reduces dust contamination during the filling process.

Our unique frictionally stable sack allows palletising without the need for shrink wrap or straps to hold the bags in position Click here to see the frictionally stable bag in use

Typical Uses
Virtually any powdered or granular product

Sandbags were originally designed as temporary flood defences and for military applications. They were originally available only in hessian material but are now manufactured in different grades of both hessian and woven polypropylene with the end use determining the most suitable material.

Advantages and Uses
Normal duty woven polypropylene: Ideal for used for temporary flood defences, stabilising temporary road signs and weighing down agricultural netting.

Heavy duty UV stabilised woven polypropylene and normal grade hessian cloth constructions are more robust and are ideal for extended temporary uses. They are sometimes used in conjunction with a weak cement mix to stabilise water ways, banks etc. An extended life, rotproofed version of the hessian bag is also available

Heavy duty rot proofed hessian sandbags manufactured to BS1214:1977 are more suited for use in extreme conditions. We have supplied this sandbag to the Ministry of Defence for over 40 years.

Designed for holding semi bulk loads usually in the range of 150 - 2000 kgs, they can have a combination of single, 2 point and 4 loop lifting devices for mechanical handling such as forklifts, cranes, tractor booms etc.

Our patented EASILIFTT bag gives huge health and safety benefits and allows single person handling with obvious cost savings. Click here to visit our main website and see our EASILIFT bag in use.

Made from heavy duty woven polypropylene, FIBCs can be made to a variety of different dimensions with optional filling and discharge devices. Our FIBCs are certified to international standard BS EN ISO1898 for either single or multi trip use

Advantages
Avoids time consuming manual handling of 25/50kg packages allowing mechanical handling of batch quantities where true bulk operations are not viable.

EASILIFT T - safe and efficient single person handling - no pallets needed.

Q-Bag - internal baffles create a squarer profile when filled giving stable packing for 'fluid' powders and granules and cost effective maximised container loading.

Ventilated fabric is available which allows root crops such as potatoes to breathe Dustproof seams, laminated fabrics and loose/fixed liners available.

Top quality printing available in up to 3 colours.

Typical Uses
Virtually any powder or granular product also metal shot/ components, for example building trade, seeds and cereals, pulses, animal feeds, potatoes, carrots, chemicals, plastics, and rubber crumb.

New applications are emerging regularly. If you have a packaging problem, please ask us for a solution.

Hessian bags and cloth are produced from jute, which is grown annually as a renewable crop. It is a natural fibre and therefore biodegradable.  This makes it is a very environmentally friendly product.

Advantages
A tough  and reusable biodegradable packaging.
Breathable therefore ideal for products that require ventilation.
Will absorb moisture from the pack contents
Traditional appearance for special applications.
Food grade polypropylene internal coating is ideal for the packing of
dry, non fatty food stuffs such as rice.
Crease free packing for automatic machine filling.
Our unique ‘Superbrite’ fabric for enhanced appearance.

A top quality overprinting service in up to 4 colours is available

Typical Uses
Hessian sacks for potatoes, coffee, cocoa beans, nuts etc.
Laminated hessian sacks for rice (typical capacities 5kg - 45kgs). 
Carry home handles and resalable re-sealable zips  are available.
Excellent protection as a wrapper for garden ornaments, ceramics and other breakables.
Hessian cloth offers superior protection against frost and sun damage to
newly laid concrete/ masonry
Flame retardant cloth available for theatre sets etc.

Polythene  bags are odourless and combine high tensile strength, elasticity and resistance to cold making them a robust form of packaging. Food grade polymers ensure that they are suitable for the storage and transportation of food products.

We also offer a range of bags manufactured using  high quality recycled polymer. These are ideal for the transportation of rubble and other waste products.

Advantages
Valve fill bags.
Clear film gives excellent product visibility
Coloured film and 4 colour printing reel to reel are both available.
Valve fill designs minimise dust problems and sealable valves offer tamper evident packing for foodstuffs and other sensitive products.
Open mouth bags can  be produced from  recycled material. This reduces cost and offers an environmentally friendly packaging  product.

Typical Uses
Valve fill bags have a wide range of uses for foodstuffs, chemicals, plastics, rubber, refractory, minerals, building products etc.

Open mouth bags are typically used to pack animal feed, chemicals, rubber crumb, minerals etc.

Open mouth bags manufactured using recycled material are ideal to pack and transport rubble and other wastes.

Made from high density polythene or polypropylene, nets are produced by either weaving or knitting the fabric to create a strong open mesh.

Advantages
High strength bag which also gives excellent product visibility.
Breathable fabric makes them ideal for agricultural and shellfish products.

Different coloured fabrics available to enhance the presentation of your product.  Fully printed bands are available to promote your product along with specialised option such as a crammed weave at the moth and specific colours and width is draw string.

Typical Uses
Carrots,  swede, beetroot, and onions
Shellfish of all types.
Many other applications such as logs and kindling wood.