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 ...

Order of the Eastern Star Iris Chapter member Maggie Brown of Danville holds up a nearly completed sleeping mat made of plastic shopping bags as Donna Starkey of Westville examines the unique pattern ...

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 ...

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — Plastic bags, they enter our lives by the handful. 100 billion plastic bags are used in the U.S. each year. That sounds like a big number, but the local numbers sound big, too. “I ...

Two dozen women call themselves the Bag Ladies and the Happy Hookers! They all meet at CC Young, a senior living facility in Dallas, to make mats for the homeless. The mats are made entirely out of ...

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 ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

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A group of residents at Covenant Living at Windsor Park, a senior living community in Carol Stream, routinely get together to create waterproof sleeping mats out of recycled plastic shopping bags. The ...

(WSVN) - There are a lot more than just books to check out at one Miami-Dade library. 7’s Christine Cruz shows how some patrons are using plastic bags and crochet needles to lend some “Helping Hands” ...

When the world seems crazy and mean, do the opposite and spread a little kindness. That’s what two sisters – one in Atlanta and the other in New Jersey – challenged each other to do following a ...