TUCSON, Ariz. (KGUN) — A midtown Tucson neighborhood is getting a new park bench—made out of plastic that is normally trashed. The building blocks are plastic that would have been buried in a landfill ...

Thanks to a bunch of shrink wrap and grocery bags, Export has a new bench near Giuseppe’s Pizzeria on Kennedy Avenue. It was created through the use of local recycled plastics, part of Rotary ...

HUMMELS WHARF — The average American household uses approximately 900 plastic grocery bags each year. In honor of Earth Day on Wednesday, Giant Food Stores and Martin’s Food Markets are encouraging ...

Thanks to the massive recycling efforts of Elise Forrester, her Chantilly Highlands neighbors and a DAR chapter, her community has a new bench. And by participating in the NexTrex Challenge, they kept ...

Whiting schools and city government employees have won top honors in a recent contest that will recycle tons of plastic bottle caps into 25 park benches. The Lake County Solid Waste Management ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — Faith Temple Food Giveaway is known for giving back to the community. But over the last few months, they’ve also made it their mission to give back to the planet. Earlier ...

Apr. 30—GREGORY, S.D. — In most towns, benches come from the parks department or a city budget. In Gregory, they come from grocery bags. Thanks to a clever recycling initiative, Gregory has just ...

IMLAY CITY, Michigan (WWJ) -- The VFW is honoring an Imlay City veteran for his commitment to the community. Harry Earehart collected 1,000 pounds of plastic in just six months to make a bench for ...

If you're like most people, you probably have a stash of plastic bags somewhere in your house. Occoquan, Virginia, has a creative plan for those leftover grocery bags, dry cleaning bags and bread bags ...

During a recent trip to Gambia, the Precious Plastic Gambia team focused on training with a bench design. They acquired an extruder and a beam mold, allowing them to create benches and stools from ...