It's rare we buy anything without being handed our purchases in the ubiquitous plastic bag. First introduced in the 1970s, we have become the victims of their success. Sure, some make it into ...

Will Gong bags up groceries for customers at Ralph's Thriftway in Olympia in 2012. Olympia and Tacoma have since banned plastic bags, but a workshop at the 2018 South Sound Sustainability Expo will ...

A Texas based eco warrior is teaching Mumbai's slum dwellers to make fashionable items out of the thin plastic bags that you discard after carrying fruits in them A Texas based eco warrior is teaching ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WHNT) – The average store ...

Crocheting is not an unusual hobby, but Tonia Mercer adds a twist that makes her fibre arts stand out from most. Mercer spends her days turning plastic yarn — or plarn — into crocheted reusable ...

A group of Kitimat women — who call themselves 'bag ladies' — have been crocheting unwanted plastic bags into sleeping mats for the homeless. Since September, the 'bag ladies' have handed out 20 to 25 ...