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 ...

NEW BERN, N.C. (WTVD) -- In North Carolina, some college students are taking action to help homeless individuals and improve the environment. They are turning plastic bags into durable sleeping mats.

“First, just flatten out your bag,” Xu explained. “Then start folding it into a strip that’s a few inches wide. You’re going to cut loops from that strip.” After folding the bag lengthwise until it ...

KILLEEN, Texas — Balls of plarn, made up of plastic bags from Wal-Mart, Target, H-E-B and other area stores here, are unraveled, looped into one stitch after another and crocheted into rows of plastic ...

A group of women in Le Sueur County has found a creative way to keep plastic shopping bags out of the landfill by crocheting them into sleeping mats for the homeless. “I’ve never seen or heard ...

Residents at Covenant Living of Florida in Plantation are giving plastic new purpose by turning bags into blessings.

LECANTO, Fla. — The congregation at Shepherd of the Hills Episcopal Church in Lecanto is accomplishing three goals at the same time. They are helping the homeless, saving the planet by recycling ...