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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

This stylish piece of minimalist furniture is made out of recycled materials and fit for two. The special project was designed and constructed by the multiple award-winning design and architect firm, ...

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 ...

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 ...

During a recent trip to Gambia, the Precious Plastic Gambia team focused on training with a bench design. They acquired an ...

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 ...

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 ...

Benches made of recycled flat plastic were recently placed at the Jackson Branch of Audubon Regional Library and the Feliciana Veterans Memorial Park thanks to the efforts begun by the local food bank ...

Smyrna Council members are recruiting volunteers to turn plastic bottles into benches and picnic tables for town parks. Recycle Smyrna Red is the campaign organized by councilwomen Valerie Forbes, ...