Americans use 100 billion plastic bags every year. But the seniors at Tower One/Tower East are keeping them out of landfills by turning them into mats for the homeless. “It is one of the projects that ...

What’s six feet long and two feet wide, warm in the summer and cool in the winter, and ideal for sleeping outside? Not expensive camping gear, but rather “Plarn” mats, which are cushy, body-size ...

Laura Barnard first got the idea to make mats for the homeless population out of plastic bags from a post she saw on Facebook. She then used YouTube to figure out how to make them. That was a couple ...

CHICOPEE, Mass. (WWLP) – Recycling plastic bags not only helps the environment, but provides comfort for the homeless here in western Massachusetts. Plastic bags are processed in balls of “Plarn,” or ...

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 ...

(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 ...

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 ...

SCRANTON, Pa. — An organization in Scranton is doing what it can to help the homeless by creating mats out of plastic bags. Volunteers with Outreach Center for Community Resources gathered at the ...

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — An idea found online led to a new hobby and a way to give back to the community. Stephanie Ngugi’s turning plastic grocery bags into yarn or plarn. “As a mom and wife you always ...

As the fifth grade teachers at Harlan Elementary School in Birmingham brainstormed service projects for their students, Joanne Rowe remembered meeting Gail Marlow, executive director of the Motor City ...