Ecoplásticos Panamá — desde 2019
Circular economy · Made in Panama 🇵🇦

The bag that cleans Panama twice.

We make trash bags from post-consumer and post-industrial plastic waste recovered in Panama. Thicker gauge than many imported bags, with the gauge declared on every product and the CO₂e of each purchase shown on the delivery order.

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+20
years of our director’s experience in waste management
2019
Panamanian company founded on 21 August
100%
recycled raw material, post-consumer and post-industrial
5
colors in Panama’s official waste separation scheme, plus custom colors on request
The numbers the competition won't tell you
9%
of all plastic ever produced has been recycled, according to the OECD. The rest is still in circulation as waste.
4%
is the share Latin America and the Caribbean recycles — the lowest rate of any region in the world (IDB).
1.025kg
of CO₂e avoided for every kilogram of plastic we recycle. Per tonne: 1,025 kg of CO₂e, the equivalent of 17 urban tree seedlings grown for 10 years.
Faced with that emergency there are only two places to stand: be a spectator, or be part of the solution.
Sources: OECD, Global Plastics Outlook (2022); Inter-American Development Bank, Financial Sustainability of Solid Waste Management in LAC (2023); EPA, Waste Reduction Model (WARM) v16, chapter 5, Exhibit 5-11 — mixed plastics, recycling: 0.93 MTCO₂E per short ton (Dec. 2023); EPA, Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies Calculator — 0.060 t CO₂ per urban tree seedling grown for 10 years. Estimates calculated with published EPA factors, for information only; not a certified measurement or a carbon credit.
See how we do it

From waste to resource, in a single cycle.

We recover the plastic Panama throws away and turn it into high-performance products. Seven stages, from collection to dispatch.

01 — Reception and collection
Recovered plastic from households, businesses, and industry, sorted on arrival by origin: post-consumer or post-industrial.
02 — Sorting and cleaning
Manual separation by polymer type, color, and level of contamination. PVC, metals, and non-recyclables are removed; dry mechanical cleaning by centrifuge.
03 — Grinding and agglutination
The material is agglutinated or ground in mills into flakes.
04 — Pelletizing
Clean material is melted in extruders and formed into pellets, with triple-mesh melt filtration to remove impurities.
05 — Film extrusion
Pellets are melted and formed into rolls in each size, gauge, and color. Quality control starts here.
06 — Cutting and sealing
Rolls are cut and sealed into the different bag sizes, then packed in the presentation for each reference.
07 — Storage and dispatch
Packed by quantity per reference and placed in the warehouse for dispatch.
Quality control

It is not an isolated stage at the end: it happens at several points in the process, starting with film extrusion, before a single finished bag exists.

Checkpoint 1 — Extrusion
Visual inspection of the film on the roll: lines, lumps, and color.
Checkpoint 2 — Arrival at sealing
Visual inspection plus internal and external tear tests on the roll, before sealing. If it fails, it is rejected for non-conformity, returned to the plant, and the active batch is corrected.
Sealed bag — base level
Always, without exception: internal and external tear tests, and an air test to verify a hermetic seal.
Additional levels
By size and gauge: load resistance with gym weights or sand bags, pressure resistance to the point of rupture, and color verification against the order specification.
Second life

From waste to your business, and back into the cycle.

Every recycled bag recovers plastic that was headed to the landfill. Everything we dispatch is weighed: set the slider to the kilos you buy per month and calculate the impact of your purchase.

How many kilos of bags does your business buy per month?
100 kg / month
10 kg5,000 kg
Everything we dispatch is weighed and every product declares its gauge. The exact weight of your purchase appears on every delivery order.
1,200 kg of recycled plastic per year
1,230 kg of CO₂e avoided per year
21 urban tree seedlings grown for 10 years: the equivalent of that CO₂e
Estimates calculated with published EPA factors, for information only; not a certified measurement or a carbon credit. Factors: 1.025 kg of CO₂e avoided per kg of recycled plastic (EPA WARM v16, Exhibit 5-11, mixed plastics, recycling) and 60 kg of CO₂ per urban tree seedling grown for 10 years (EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies Calculator). The impact of your actual purchase is calculated from dispatch weights and shown on every delivery order and in your yearly Environmental Impact Statement. Get a quote for that impact →
Products

Products made from plastic waste.

Eco-Pro line: raw material 100% recycled, post-consumer and post-industrial, documented with a verifiable technical data sheet. A colorant under 1% of the weight is added only to reinforce the color; it does not affect strength, gauge or quality. Download the Eco-Pro spec sheets →

Recycled hospital bags
♻ Post-consumer and post-industrial recycled polyethylene (HDPE and LDPE)

Hospital Bags

For hospital and biohazard waste. Made to order, in the size the customer needs, in line with Executive Decree 267-2002 and standard DGNTI-COPANIT 44-2000: impermeable, bearing the biohazard symbol and the required labeling.

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Recycled trash bags in several colors
♻ Post-consumer and post-industrial recycled polyethylene (HDPE and LDPE)

Trash Bags

From 5 to 95 gallons (19 to 360 liters), in a range of gauges and in the five colors of Panama’s official waste separation scheme:

New references: black 52" x 55" bag, gauge 2.5, for the new 360-litre bins; and black 34.5" x 47" bag, gauge 2.0, for organic and garden waste (made to order).

We also manufacture additional colors on special order — for example, yellow bags for Tetra Pak collection programs.

Eco-Pro · New reference
10" × 12"
vest bag with handle · gauge 0.8

Dog Waste Bags

Recycled polyethylene vest bag with a handle to tie: turn it over your hand, pick up and close. Rolls of 50; bales of 500 and 1,000.

Traceability

We weigh every dispatch and declare the gauge.

Everything we dispatch is weighed and every product states its gauge: that is how we prove the gauge we sell and the kilos behind every impact figure. Every delivery order shows the CO₂e avoided, the tree-seedling equivalent and the kg of recycled plastic in that purchase.

Environmental Impact Statement. Once a year, each January, every customer receives a statement (Constancia de Impacto Ambiental) built from their fiscal invoices and real dispatch weights — or on request. A verifiable figure for their own building’s or company’s footprint reporting. We don’t sell an environmental promise; we deliver evidence.

Delivery order · Carbon footprintExample: 120 kg order
123
kg of CO₂e avoided
2
tree seedlings (10 years)
120
kg of recycled plastic
Every delivery order includes this bar: the CO₂e avoided, the tree-seedling equivalent and the kg of recycled plastic in that purchase.
"Recycled origin. Measurable impact. Regulation."

The three pillars of our Manifesto of Quality and Environmental Commitment. Every bag is born from 100% recycled raw material, post-consumer and post-industrial; every impact figure is calculated with published EPA factors on real dispatch weights; and every product aligns with Law 33 of 2018 (Zero Waste) and Law 187 of 2020.

Guides by sector

What does your operation need?

Wholesale buying Quantities, gauges and logistics for large orders. Read guide → Restaurants & kitchens Which bag handles organic waste, grease and daily volume. Read guide → Hotels & hospitality Waste separation by area and consumption per room. Read guide → Clinics & hospitals Bags by waste type and colour code. Read guide → What size do I need? Gallons, liters and flat size, from 5 to 95 gallons. See chart →
About Us

A Panamanian company born in 2019.

We were founded on August 21, 2019 with the goal of developing a new model of production and consumption, achieving processes with greater eco-efficiency and sustainability.

Our director has over 20 years of experience in the management and recovery of recoverable solid waste; the company was founded on 21 August 2019.

We didn't start from a certification — we started from a root: mission, vision, and values. From there we wrote our manifesto, our processes, and our quality control. We don't carry the ISO seal yet, but we carry its same discipline.

Mission

We exist so that Panamanian society — households, businesses, and institutions — recognizes its environmental responsibility and acts on it through one concrete decision: choosing circular economy products. We manufacture 100% recycled bags, verifiable and auditable, as the first step on a road that can only be walked together — because caring for the environment is not one company’s task, it is a collective build.

Vision

To be the beacon of innovation and sustainability in recycling and the circular economy, leading the way toward a future where waste is seen as a valuable resource, driving a shift toward a responsible and sustainable consumption model, where every product has a second life and where people’s environmental awareness is fundamental.

Our values
01
Environmental commitment
The origin of every decision we make.
02
Honesty and transparency
Auditable numbers, never empty promises.
03
Quality
Recycled does not mean inferior.
04
Sustainability
We think about the next generation, not just the next quarter.
We are also guided by: social responsibility · innovation · efficiency and excellence · outstanding satisfaction · respect · service attitude.
Ricardo Guzmán Rubio, director of Ecoplásticos Panamá
Director
"Recycled does not mean inferior. It means responsible."
Ricardo Guzmán Rubio
Director, Ecoplásticos Panamá, S.A. · Specialist in Environmental Analysis and Management · 20+ years in waste recovery
The challenge
That choosing recycled products stops being an admirable exception and becomes the expected standard.

We ask every consumer — commercial, institutional, residential, and corporate — to take the first step: replace one purchasing decision with a circular economy alternative. We don't ask for immediate perfection; we ask for a conscious, repeated choice.

Articles & resources

Learn about recycling and the circular economy in Panama.

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Wholesale
Buying guide · 5 min read

Buying trash bags wholesale in Panama

Quantities, pricing and logistics: how to get a wholesale quote on recycled bags for your business, hotel or restaurant.

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Buying guide
Guide · 7 min read

How to choose trash bags: size, gauge and color

Everything you need to know to buy the right bags for your home, business or industry.

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Quick guide · 4 min read

Trash bag color code in Panama

Red, salmon, black, green and blue: what waste goes in each bag and which regulation governs it.

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We handle most of our sales directly on WhatsApp. Message us and we will quote you right away. Orders placed before noon are delivered the same afternoon or the next morning in Panama City.

+(507) 6446-1818
Address
Urb. Higinio Durán, Galera 369
Panama City, Rep. of Panama
Tax ID (RUC)
155684134-2-2019 DV 69
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