Plastic grocery bags can be surprisingly useful. While some recycle them back to the grocery store and the un-green just throw them away, some people find new uses for the flimsy-but-tough stuff.

THREE RIVERS, Mich. — Great news West Michigan: those excess grocery bags lying around the house don’t have to be thrown out anymore. The National Honor Society students at Three Rivers High School ...

(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 ...

Throw away your old plastic Dance Dance Revolution mat and bring yourself into the future with a miniature crocheted DDR pad. TikTok creator kims_threads did just that using her crochet hook, some ...

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?

MILTON (CBS) - A group of women are on a mission to comfort the homeless, transforming the most basic material, plastic bags, into something helpful and beautiful. They're folding, cutting and weaving ...

MILTON -- Judy O'Brien over at Winter Valley senior housing in Milton has some tips for others who want to start a project similar to one they have at her housing community: using recycled plastic ...

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 ...

Contact this contributing writer at PamDillon@woh.rr.com. The group of women meet every Tuesday afternoon at Bill’s Donuts in Centerville with an unusual assortment of tools and supplies: piles of ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) – An Indianapolis woman is working to bring comfort to those who need it most and she needs your help. Rebecca Colone is collecting plastic bags to make mats for the homeless. She ...