As temperatures drop, a group of students at Craven Community College is taking action to support those experiencing homelessness by transforming plastic bags into durable sleeping mats.

The project involves various tasks, from smoothing and cutting the bags to crocheting them into mats. "I'm crocheting plarn, which is plastic yarn we made out of grocery bags," said Diane Burrell.

who makes plastic mats using waste plastic. Photo: Xolani Dlamini. SEEING people littering plastic bags in their yards, on the side of the roads and other public places every day is what inspired ...

The students have been putting the lessons into action ... The students are also learning compassion by crocheting mats from recycled plastic bags. They will give the mats to people who ...

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Even then, the plastic pieces don’t disappear entirely – instead, they break down into smaller and smaller ... consumer products such as plastic bags, bottles, milk jugs, packaging materials ...

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Doha, Qatar: Art installations, including one resembling a faucet pouring plastic bottles into the streets of Surabaya in Indonesia, are making rounds on social media. The installations erected by ...

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Cardi B revealed on Instagram that her daughter turned her $60,000 crocodile-skin Birkin bag into an unexpected art project. The “Bodak Yellow” hitmaker took to social media to showcase the ...