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PLASTIC BAG TRANSPARENT, 520X600MM 10'S 174173
Clear plastic bags, 520 × 600 mm, ten per packet: pack size vs the 50-bag codes, clear bags for recyclables at port reception, MARPOL Annex V.
What it is
IMPA 174173 is a transparent plastic bag of 520 × 600 mm, sold in packets of 10. It sits in a run of transparent bags: 250 × 350 mm and 320 × 380 mm come in packets of 50 (174171, 174172), and 520 × 600, 650 × 850 and 800 × 900 mm come in packets of 10 (174173, 174174, 174175).
A clear bag shows what is inside. Some ports ask for that when garbage is landed. At the Port of Liverpool and at the Queen Elizabeth II Dock in Manchester, mixed recyclables such as plastic bottles and film, cans, glass, paper and cardboard must be bagged in clear or coloured bags, not black ones.[1][2]
How to specify and order it
Watch the pack size. The unit is PKT and this code has 10 bags per packet, not 50, so a quantity of 10 means 100 bags. Ordering it as if it were one of the 50-bag codes leaves the ship short. Give the number of packets, and if you need a film thickness or a tie closure, state it, because the code does not fix either.
Choose the size by the receptacle it lines. The IMO guidelines say receptacles can be drums, metal bins, cans, container bags or wheelie bins, placed in the engine room, mess deck, galley and other spaces. They should be clearly marked and told apart by graphics, shape, size or location. For a large wheelie bin, a 520 × 600 mm bag is too small; look at 174174 or 174175.[3]
Do not use this code for food. The food-preservation bags are a separate run, 174191 to 174199, and the self-sealing bags are 174181 to 174188.
Rules and approvals
The IMO guidelines recommend separating garbage as it is generated, into non-recyclable plastics, rags, recyclables (cooking oil, glass, aluminium cans, paper and cardboard, wood, metal and plastics), e-waste and hazardous items. Clear bags make that separation visible to the crew and to the reception facility.[3]
MARPOL Annex V prohibits the discharge of all plastics into the sea, including plastic garbage bags. Used bags and their contents go to the incinerator, where permitted, or to a port reception facility. The two ports above forbid hazardous waste, aerosols, paint, oil drums and liquids in their recycling bins, so do not put those in clear recycling bags.[3][1][2]
Questions buyers ask
- How many bags are in IMPA 174173?
- Ten per packet. The smaller transparent bags 174171 and 174172 come 50 per packet, so check the unit before ordering.
- Why use clear bags for ship garbage?
- Some ports require it for recyclables. Liverpool and Manchester’s Queen Elizabeth II Dock ask for mixed recyclables in clear or coloured bags, not black ones.
Sources
- Port of Liverpool (Mersey Docks and Harbour Company): Notice to Mariners 120/2023, Ships’ garbage reception facilities (8 December 2023)
- Harbour and Port of Manchester: Notice to Mariners 37/2025, Queen Elizabeth II Dock garbage reception facilities (28 August 2025)
- IMO Resolution MEPC.295(71): 2017 Guidelines for the implementation of MARPOL Annex V
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Specification · IMPA 174173
Read off the catalogue name · priced per packet
- IMPA code
- 174173
- Unit
- PKT
- Material
- plastic
- Size
- 520 × 600 mm
- Pack
- 10 per pack
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