The city of Merriam is one of the latest local beneficiaries of a program in which plastic bags are recycled as free park benches. To make it happen, the city collected about 1,000 pounds of ...

It turns 1,000 pounds of plastic bags into a bench. For perspective, it takes over 81,000 bags per bench. Local recycling program turns plastic into park benches News / Sep 18, 2024 / 10:13 PM CDT ...

CLEAR LAKE — Seven new park benches at Clear Lake State Park and Armour Pugh Park are made of recycled plastic, including 10,600 grocery bags per bench.

The community has donated 1,000 pounds of plastic. In return, they got a sturdy plastic Trex bench.

Harry Earehart collected 1,000 pounds of plastic in just six months to make a bench for Veterans Park, and he’s working on gathering more for a second one.

This bench will end up covered in stucco with a window, allowing for a peek at the recycled plastic inside. Ward Six Councilmember Steve Kozachik wants to see the City of Tucson start building ...

Forsyth Country Day School student turns recycled plastic lids into park benches Caden Didier is asking Winston-Salem residents and businesses for plastic lids that they'd normally toss in the ...

The project started four years ago when they partnered with Trex. It turns 1,000 pounds of plastic bags into a bench. For perspective, it takes over 81,000 bags per bench.

Harry Earehart collected 1,000 pounds of plastic in just six months to make a bench for Veterans Park, and he’s working on gathering more for a second one. Earehart and his wife Rosemary spent ...

Harry Earehart collected 1,000 pounds of plastic in just six months to make a bench for Veterans Park, and he’s working on gathering more for a second one.

The plastic is then shipped off to a company that makes outdoor products, like benches. “It’s good, heavy plastic and I didn’t think that the city would turn it down by not taking them.