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 ...

Dorothy Jackson, owner of The Memory Tree and Yarn Branch in Monongahela, knits yarn made of plastic shopping bags, also known as plarn, into a mat that will be given to a homeless person to use as ...

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) — A group of volunteers is using plastic grocery bags to help homeless youth. They are turning them into mats by creating “plarn,” or plastic yarn. The mats are being made ...

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 ...

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 ...

Solana Beach teen Delaney How is trying to change the world one plastic bag at a time, using them to make mats for homeless people to sleep on. Surrounded by a box full of various types of plastic ...

CC Young residents are celebrating 10 years of recycling 180,000 plastic bags into 300-plus sleeping mats for shelters across ...

DRUMS – Regina R. Drasher spends hours each day turning plastic shopping bags into sleeping mats for the area’s homeless. “A lot of people don’t realize that we have homeless people living in our area ...

In recent years, Debra Yencer has noticed an uptick of visible homeless in the Crossroads. The Victoria Advocate reports driving home from errands or volunteer work in Victoria, Yencer's heart has ...