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December 12, 2014 By Buffie Baril 5 Comments

Plastic T-Sacks Recycled Into Sleeping Mats for the Homeless

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Sleeping Mats for Homeless

Who would have thought you could crochet 500 plastic t-sacks into a sleeping mat? But that is exactly what dozens of non-profit organizations and churches are doing across the country to help the homeless.

One such organization is Huntsville, Alabama’s Operation Green Team (an affiliate of Keep America Beautiful, Inc.). They have a city-wide effort this holiday season to turn thousands of plastic shopping bags into sleeping mats.

Joy McKee, Director of Huntsville’s Operation Green Team, says, “We’re going to put the challenge out to the community to see if we can get 500 sleeping mats made by the end of December.” These will be delivered to the area’s homeless population including many homeless veterans.

It takes about 500-700 plastic bags to make one mat. But the advantage of plastic over other materials is that it is both waterproof and lightweight. These mats can be rolled up and carried easily.

Nashville Wraps has always been a promoter of recycling plastic bags. Many of the plastic bags we carry are made from recycled plastics here in the USA as part of our Green Way brand of Eco-friendly packaging.

You can learn how to make these mats in the second video below by St. Paul’s Lutheran Church of Chicago. See more pictures of recycled plastic sleeping mats.

What a tremendous idea to reuse these bags to help the less fortunate! Watch how Operation Green is making a difference with a simple plastic bag.

See more video how-to’s here.

Buffie Baril

Buffie Baril helps with digital marketing, online advertising, social media & content creation along with search engine optimization for Nashville Wraps. She loves learning, interior design, Apples to Apples and most of all her fabulous husband and three brilliant and very funny children.

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  1. Diana Touchton says

    January 17, 2023 at 6:50 pm

    What is a t-sack?

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    • Tammy Wright says

      January 18, 2023 at 11:35 am

      Hi Diana! A t-sack is a t-shirt bag or grocery bag: https://www.nashvillewraps.com/bags/grocery-bags/p-847. Thanks for your question!

      Reply
  2. Bobette Doerrie says

    January 28, 2020 at 9:02 pm

    I am looking for a non-profit in the Texas Panhandle who is doing this. Is there a Facebook page for people working on this?
    Thanks, and God bless you!

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    • Priscilla Medders says

      January 29, 2020 at 12:26 pm

      Hi Bobette, it looks like there might be a chapter of the Military Officers Association in Amarillo that is doing something similar. Not sure if they have a Facebook page. You might also look into an organization called “Caring Hearts, Helping Hands” in Tyler, Texas: https://www.kltv.com/story/38443374/east-texas-group-creates-sleeping-mats-out-of-plastic-bags/

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  3. Sandy Page says

    July 15, 2019 at 8:23 am

    Will you accept a sleeping mat that I am working on

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