The Cache Valley Humanitarian Center and Lee’s Marketplace in Logan and Smithfield are teaming up to kick off a recycling campaign this week.
Lee’s is providing a container in each store for customers to recycle their plastic grocery bags. The CVHC and its volunteers will process those plastic bags into sleeping mats for the homeless and others in need.
Katherine Whittaker, CVHC board member and coordinator of production, said it takes at least 500 plastic bags and two people working for about two hours to make a completed sleeping mat.
There will be demonstrations of the mat weaving process at the Smithfield Lee’s on Saturday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. The public is welcome to bring their plastic grocery bags and participate in the weaving process
“We are excited to provide this service to our customers, while supporting this worthy project for Cache Valley,” supermarket owner Jonathan Badger said.
The city of Logan has also provided a recycling container at the Cache Valley Humanitarian Center, located in one of the grey portable classrooms on the West side of Mt. Logan Middle School, 875 N. 200 E. in Logan.
For more information contact the CVHC at 208-206-3270 or visit the website at: cachevalleyhumanitariancenter.com.
