Jessica McDonald, a textile artist from St. John's, recently started using plarn, a yarn made out of plastic bags, in her crafts. (Heather Barrett/CBC) With Newfoundland and Labrador's plastic bag ban ...

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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 ...

It is called -- plarn. Plastic yarn! Since 2018, the women of the Old Town Fenton DAR chapter have been creating sleeping mats out of plarn for those in need. “We decided we really like helping the ...

SALINAS, Calif. -- Thursday afternoons, a group of women gather at the Steinbeck Library gather to weave mats for homeless people to sleep on. They weave, not with cotton or wool, but with plastic ...

NORTH PORT, Fla. — Eileen Warn has been working with her hands for a long time. For 26 years, she taught sign language. Now, her fingers are hard at work on a new, impactful project. “If you can reuse ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Volunteer Hyla Chasnoff and Tower One resident Bettye Morrison examine some plarn while Tower One ...

With Newfoundland and Labrador's plastic bag ban coming into effect this July, people are trying to find different ways to reuse their bags and keep them out of landfills. "I'm sure we [all] have ...