If your pantry's overrun with plastic grocery bags and you're feeling crafty, break out the crochet hooks and turn the bags into a tote bag like the one pictured. Split your bags into colors (like ...

Well, since you're coming home with a hefty supply of plastic ... the same bag, either as a greenhouse or for another purpose ...

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 ...

The handicraft also can be used to turn plastic grocery bags into sleeping mats. In Frederick, Maryland, a group of women are using their crochet hooks to help the homeless in their city be a bit ...

plastic grocery bags. About a dozen residents on a prison unit where women get help preparing to re-enter society work on the 6-by-4 foot crocheted mats. Each mat requires 600 to 900 bags.

I asked what I could do with the 672 plastic bags from the grocery store I had accumulated ... community groups all over Arizona, volunteers crochet them into sleeping mats for the homeless.

reusable thicker plastic for sewing together every which way. See the post for examples of what you can do with the stuff. Don't forget you can also crochet grocery bags, too.

She said while she's at home taking care of her husband full-time, she reuses plastic grocery bags and crochets them into mats for the homeless. "I always knew how to crochet, I understand the ...