When: 2-3:30 p.m. the third Tuesday of the month with the next get-together May 15. Where: Loveland’s Community Kitchen, 437 N. Garfield Ave. For More Info: Call ...

Sandy Watts never lets anything go to waste. She makes bedroom slippers from old jeans; purses from magazines; placemats from old Christmas cards and bracelets with matching earrings from plastic soda ...

CARBONDALE — Hazel Grant is busily crocheting what looks like a brown, grey and white Afghan rug, the huge, light blue needle she is using moving deftly through the fabric. On closer inspection, it’s ...

Every week, volunteers at Faith Westwood United Methodist Church in Omaha, Neb., turn thousands of plastic bags into sleeping mats for the homeless. Why? In winter, homeless shelters in the area are ...

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 ...

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 ...

For their effort to succeed, they need to collect thousands of non-biodegradable, used plastic shopping bags — such as those from many grocery and department stores. On Tuesday night in Poway a couple ...

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 ...

A Valley woman is turning trash into something useful for a good cause. Leslie Glenn began crocheting as a way to stave off Alzheimer’s Disease. As a former Uber and Lyft driver, she said she ...

As a result of the pandemic, many people have been working from home over the past year. It’s looking as though a good chunk of those will have the option of continuing to work remotely for at least ...

A group of women from the Hacienda Mobile Home Park are donating sleeping mats that they have crocheted and knit from plastic bags to the Fullerton and Santa Ana armory shelters. For the past year and ...