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Register here to join Homewood Recycling's Hop Reuse Hub team at noon on Friday, April 16, for the second part of our spring Lunch & Learn series. We will teach you how to use plastic bags to make a ...

A “sustainable lifestyle” may sound like marketing buzzwords, but the idea of zero-waste living is increasingly important. No wonder low-waste holiday decor currently trending on social media. On ...

Art comes in many forms. And it makes us all better, whether we are creating it or viewing pieces in a museum. One medium I recently learned about is “plarn,” made from plastic shopping bags that are ...

Knitters have long known about the health benefits of their hobby: reduced depression, anxiety and blood pressure and an increased sense of wellbeing, to name a few. But now, more and more knitters ...

Jessica McDonald, a textile artist from St. John's, recently started using plarn, a yarn made out of plastic bags, in her crafts. (Heather Barrett/CBC) With Newfoundland and Labrador's plastic bag ban ...

Hannah Gray remembers, as a 6-year-old Girl Scout, watching videos of sea turtles getting stuck in plastic. It was an image that has remained with her, even now as a first-year art teacher at The ...

Sharing their time-consuming crocheted ‘plarn’ mat creations at the Senior LIFT Center are Mavis (Dols) Williams, Lindy Leftwich, and Sarah Francis. Contributing crafter not pictured is Estella ...