If you are a person who would like to help save the environment, but does not want to try and figure out ways to use the bags in some creative fashion, you can still help! There are Plastic Bag Recycling Centers all around the United States. To find one in your area, you can look here.

Take a look at what Craftgrrl has made with her “ugly bag” made of bags. She has found that the bag can effectively make a nice Cat ear hat. Clever, I must say. I have to wonder if it’s warm or if it is good for wearing out in the rain. It does have holes in it, but it’s plastic. I guess someone will have to try it out for themselves.

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There are a number of ways to get plastic bags cut into what is now being called “plarn” (plastic yarn). One way is describer in picture-perfect detail on My Recycled Bags website. I don’t cut mine up in this manner, but this is just as effective. Each technique gives you a different result in the type of plarn you end up with. Mine is thin and somewhat uneven, whereas this is double ply and very uniform.

LinuxH4×0r has found a way to make plastic bags into molded pieces of art. You only need a few tools and an open area in which to work. This one isn’t for kids, though, as it involves some use of fire and molten hot materials.

We have all seen them, blowing down the highways. Lurking under park benches. Seeking out the muffler upon which they can melt. They have been found smothering unsuspecting animals and making passersby slip on wet days. They are a hazard that must be stopped!

Fortunately, that’s where we come in. Welcome to the PBRC.  Plastic bag rehab isn’t as hard as it sounds. Sometimes taming the wild beasts can be a challenge but patience and care can turn these bad bags into good citizens. We can take nearly any bag gone bad and turn it into an eco-friendly, productive member of society. Just look at these bags working together to become one cohesive helper for human kind:

And there are more like these all over the world. Join the fight against bad bags. Get involved and rehabilitate the bags in your area today.

If you have bags that need taming, you are a bag rehabilitator, or you have examples of how these bags are becoming good citizens, please do let us know. Your projects might be featured here one day!

Email me at pbrc@stitchwhimsy.com with your stories, blogs, and photos.