It's rare we buy anything without being handed our purchases in the ubiquitous plastic bag. First introduced in the 1970s, we have become the victims of their success. Sure, some make it into ...
(KUTV) — Alaina Allred's house and car are filled with plastic bags. "I'm a bag lady," she laughed. She has been collecting them for a very special project. "A lot of people just didn't know what to ...
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Wausau care center residents crochet mats from donated plastic bags
Mount View Care Center residents turned 3,500 plastic bags into sleeping mats for homeless individuals in Wausau, showing ...
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Will Gong bags up groceries for customers at Ralph's Thriftway in Olympia in 2012. Olympia and Tacoma have since banned plastic bags, but a workshop at the 2018 South Sound Sustainability Expo will ...
From sorting to piling, to cutting, then tying the strips together, taking plastic bags and turning them into something that can be used is no easy task. "Mostly it's preparation for the process of ...
Sister Kathy Roberg found a way to care for our planet while caring for some of its most vulnerable inhabitants. Since 2015, she’s made sleeping mats for the homeless from plastic bags. When the ...
HOLT, MICH. (WLNS) — A woman and her mother are helping those in need by using their own skills. They are making sleeping mats for the homeless by crocheting plastic grocery bags together. Tiffaney ...
For their effort to succeed, they need to collect thousands of non-biodegradable, used plastic shopping bags — such as those from many grocery and department stores. On Tuesday night in Poway a couple ...
DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. — As the temperature drops and holidays approach, non-profits are seeing an increase this year in people needing help. Briarlake Elementary students in DeKalb County are stepping up ...
SAGINAW TOWNSHIP, MI — A group of volunteers are crocheting plastic grocery bags into bedding to donate to the homeless and help the environment. The group Bags 2 Blankets collected plastic grocery ...
SNOHOMISH — She’s weaving waste into useful wares. Marcia LaBossiere is on a mission to make sleeping on the streets of Snohomish a little bit more bearable. She’s crocheting mats from used plastic ...
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