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 ...

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 ...

Liz Hunsicker is retired from a nurturing medical profession and now enjoys recycling resources in a way that helps others. Hunsicker turns stashes of plastic grocery bags into waterproof mats for ...

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.

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 ...

CRESTVIEW — Not all people crochet sweaters or fuzzy socks. Some Northwest Florida residents use plastic bags to make sleeping mats for the homeless. Debbie Barberee organized a group of volunteers to ...

There is a growing group of women at San Juan del Rio Catholic Church who call themselves the "Soul Stitchers." These women are making a difference in the world by using one simple recyclable material ...

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Members of Frederick’s Women of the Moose chapter presented the Frederick Rescue Mission and with homemade mats crocheted from used plastic bags on Wednesday. The project prevents the non-recyclable ...