Pittsburgh’s WPXI has reported the Plastic Bag Project, a volunteer group in Pittsburgh, is collecting plastic grocery bags to make into sleeping mats for the homeless.
“It keeps them off the wet ground. They can either use it under their bedroll or as a bedroll,” project founder Marilyn Lynch said in an interview with WPXI.
The Plastic Bag Project meets every Thursday at St. Catherine of Sweden Church in Allison Park. The plastic bags are cut into loops, which are woven into balls. Each mat is made up of approximately 700 bags and take about 60 hours to produce. The group has made 37 mats so far, WPXI reports.
“We do feel like we are doing something meaningful,” Lynch says. “I hope they know … that there are people who do care about then and they are not the rejects of society.”
Deacon Cliff Homer told the news station the children of the parish also have become involved in the project.
“They decided to make nice little cards that we actually put in the blankets,” he says. “Just a little inspiration.”
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