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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Trex Bench presented to Hannaford Supermarket in Concord by members of the Capital City Sunrise Rotary Club Credit: SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN / Monitor staff Sign up for the Concord Monitor's morning ...

SNOHOMISH — Two green park benches made of recycled materials were installed in Pilchuck Julia Landing park last week. They were paid for with 1,000 pounds of recycled plastic. The benches are the ...

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 ...

KENNY: A FORSYTH COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL STUDENT IS TURNING A SCHOOL PROJECT INTO A WAY TO GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY AND THE ENVIRONMENT. M:KI COLETTE STEIN CAUGHT UP WITH THE STUDENT WHO IS TURNING ...

GODDARD, Kan. (KSNW) – One man’s trash is another man’s treasure or, in this case, plastic bags. The Lions Club in Goddard is collecting them and turning them into benches. The project started four ...

Old milk containers, juice jugs and toy cups are not the type of products usually associated with high-concept furniture, but two designers in Hong Kong have taken these and other items and upcycled ...

In a first, Indian Railways Western Railway zone installed new benches made of re-cycled plastic in railway stations. The effort is a step taken by Indian Railways towards promoting ‘Swachch Bharat ...