NEWHALL - Mae Kaestner says it amazes her how fast plastic bags accumulate. But instead of throwing the bags into the trash or recycling bin, Kaestner and her friends are working to transform them ...
Many of us have that bag (or bags) filled with other bags that seem to multiply after trips to the grocery store. But one Michigan woman is taking the ever-growing pile of shopping bags and making ...
When: 2-3:30 p.m. the third Tuesday of the month with the next get-together May 15. Where: Loveland’s Community Kitchen, 437 N. Garfield Ave. For More Info: Call ...
Students at Wynot Public Schools celebrated on Friday after collecting more than 16,000 plastic bags during September’s ...
At Académie Lafayette, 6th-graders are recycling hundreds of plastic bags to make mats for the homeless. “Instead of going to the landfill, we can recycle and make them into mats for homeless people,” ...
FISHERS, Ind. (WTHR) — Most of us have a pile of plastic bags at home, screaming to be re-used or recycled in some fashion. Kids in Fishers discovered not only an eco-friendly way to keep plastic bags ...
Sandy Watts never lets anything go to waste. She makes bedroom slippers from old jeans; purses from magazines; placemats from old Christmas cards and bracelets with matching earrings from plastic soda ...
LONE TREE, Colo. (CBS4) – A resident at a senior living community saw a story on TV about making mats for the homeless out of plastic bags and decided to make her own for people in need across ...
CARBONDALE — Hazel Grant is busily crocheting what looks like a brown, grey and white Afghan rug, the huge, light blue needle she is using moving deftly through the fabric. On closer inspection, it’s ...