Application
LLDPE has penetrated almost all traditional markets for polyethylene; it is used for plastic bags and sheets (where it allows using lower thickness than comparable LDPE), plastic wrap , stretch wrap , pouches, toys, covers, lids, pipes, buckets and containers, covering of cables, geomembranes , and mainly flexible tubing. In 2013, the world market for LLDPE reached a volume of $40 billion.
LLDPE manufactured by using metallocene catalysts is labeled mLLDPE.