Nancy Mozeleski, second from left, and volunteers from the Village at Orchard Ridge in Winchester, Va., hold sleeping mats they crocheted from disposable plastic bags. (Photo courtesy of Nancy ...

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 ...

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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 ...

RALEIGH (WTVD) -- Crocheting is all the rage. Grandmothers and college students - and everybody in between - are crocheting these days. But have you ever seen someone crochet a plastic bag into a mat?

CHICAGO (WLS) -- During the dangerously cold days the homeless can go overlooked, but one Chicago woman has found a unique way to provide comfort for the oft-forgotten population. Shawne Duck lives in ...

Put this under the "unexpected consequences" file. When the state of New York passed its plastic bag ban, which goes into effect March 1, volunteers who use bags to crochet sleeping mats for the ...

A group of women in Le Sueur County has found a creative way to keep plastic shopping bags out of the landfill by crocheting them into sleeping mats for the homeless. “I’ve never seen or heard ...

LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — This month's Vegas Stronger Champion takes misprinted sacks from a local plastic bag manufacturer and turns them into sleeping mats for the homeless. That process is easier said ...

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 ...

WAUSAU − More than 3,500 plastic shopping bags have been repurposed into sleeping mats for Wausau residents experiencing homelessness, according to a community announcement. The call for donations was ...