Marcks uses 1,000 plastic bags to weave one sleeping mat, and it takes about six to seven hours to complete. It takes Eddy about 28 hours to crochet each mat she produces.

From gardening kneelers to woven rugs to bouquets of flowers that will never wilt, we've got you covered for clever ways to repurpose plastic grocery bags.

(LEX 18)– Women in Boyd County are putting plastic shopping bags to good use by weaving them into beautiful mats to help others.

It started with some church ladies in Tennessee. Big Lake resident Liz Houck Kampa saw an online video of them using plastic bags to create mats for people experiencing homelessness. The crocheted ...

Through a weaving process that requires about two hours per mat, 350 plastic grocery bags, on average, are cut into strips that are then intertwined together to produce a ground covering that is ...

Mats that Matter is collecting plastic grocery bags and waving them into warm sleeping mats to be distributed to the area's homeless.

By weaving plastic bags into simple and intricately designed fabrics, eight women at the Apo IDP camp, including Mariam Abubakar, Chanja Bello, Halima Umar, ...

Peggy Westlake and her friends transform hundreds of plastic bags into sleeping mats for the homeless, combining environmental consciousness with community service.

A dedicated group of men and women weavers in Sioux City made incredible strides over the past year, driven by their mission to aid the homeless. They transform plastic bags into mats, showcasing ...

Volunteers turn simple plastic shopping bags into durable, pest and moisture resistant Mercy Mats for the homeless.