Bags2Blankets volunteers create colorful 3-by-6 mats by crocheting plastic grocery bags that have been cut into strips. The mats can be folded in half and rolled up, and have a shoulder strap.

A group of retirees in Tucson is transforming plastic shopping bags into sleeping mats for the homeless. These retirees, ...

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She has made 128 mats entirely out of plastic bags. Mooney lives at Brookdale Senior Living in Franklin. "I wish I had more colors," she said while crocheting in her living room.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — A group of Newhall church members is using plastic bags to crochet sleeping mats for homeless people.