The Glad brand originated in the United States in 1963 when Union Carbide owner and CEO, David Darroch, launched Glad Wrap, a polyethylene film used as a food wrap. Douglas G. Taylor was transferred that same year from the Union Carbide facility in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to spearhead the Glad Wrap project.

The Glad Products Company is wholly owned subsidiary of The Clorox Company.

These trash bags are made from LLDPE (linear low-density polyethylene), which is a plastic that stretches to conform to waste and resists tears, impacts, and punctures.

The Clorox Company The Glad Products Company is a subsidiary of The Clorox Company, headquartered in Oakland, Calif.

The “Glad” History of Trash Bags It wasn't until the late 1960s when the first residential green trash bag was produced under the moniker “Glad” trash bags. The new creation quickly became a smashing success and found its way into several homes and businesses.

Plastic wrap was discovered in 1933 when a lab worker (Ralph Wiley) at Dow chemical was having trouble washing out beakers used in developing a dry-cleaning product. The product was initially developed into a spray to be sprayed onto fighter planes to protect them from salty sea spray.

Proudly Canadian. for over 50 years! Glad® has been in Canadian households for over half a century. The Glad® plant, located in Orangeville Ontario, has been manufacturing quality products and providing innovative waste and food protection solutions for over 50 years.

Canada GLAD® products are proudly made in Canada of global components since 1967.

Let's take a stronger stand against waste

• Glad® Composting Bags make composting simple, with strength you can depend on.
• Glad® Tall Kitchen Bags.
• Glad® Recycled Bags are accepted for use in many municipal recycling, yard waste and clear trash programs.

Bag fabric options are cotton, canvas and jute in a variety of weights as standard or stock. There are many fabric types available and we can make a bag in a fabric you supply or we can source it for you. We've made thousands of bags in so many different material, it is hard to list them all.

Plastic granules are heated until they melt. The liquid is then forced through a die to form a tube of stretchable plastic. Compressed air is blown into the tubes to form a bubble. The bubble stretches the plastic into the desired thicknesses.

Bags have been prevalent as far back as ancient Egypt. Many hieroglyphs depict males with bags tied around their waists. The Bible mentions pouches, especially with regard to Judas Iscariot carrying one around, holding his personal items.