{"id":17791,"date":"2025-10-22T13:36:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T13:36:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/17791\/"},"modified":"2025-10-22T13:36:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T13:36:09","slug":"new-company-turning-bags-into-benches-tables-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/17791\/","title":{"rendered":"New company turning bags into benches, tables and more"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Localish logo\" class=\"awXxV NDJZt sJeUN IJwXl CfkUa EknAv NwgWd \" data-testid=\"prism-image\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/origin-localish.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Wednesday, October 22, 2025 1:28PM<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAABAAAAAJCAQAAACRI2S5AAAAEElEQVR42mNkIAAYRxWAAQAG9gAKqv6+AwAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"New company turning bags into benches, tables and more\"\/><\/p>\n<p>JAHACO is transforming plastic bags and soft plastics into benches, tables, and much more.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">Coatesville, Pa &#8212; JAHACO is on a mission to give new life to non-recyclable plastic, transforming items like bread and shipping bags into long-lasting benches. &#8220;The mission of JAHACO really is to take the non-recyclable plastic and be able to make it into benches like this,&#8221; says co-owner, Jeff Burke.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Each bench removes 13,000 plastic bags from landfills and waterways.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Partnering with Eco Plastic Products of Delaware, JAHACO uses specialized equipment to repurpose plastic into durable lumber.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">&#8220;It makes us feel good that were helping the environment,&#8221; adds Jeff, &#8220;but were also providing something thatll be lasting for years.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Wednesday, October 22, 2025 1:28PM JAHACO is transforming plastic bags and soft plastics into benches, tables, and much&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":17792,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[15207,15206,12475,15205,112,114,113,15208,9687],"class_list":{"0":"post-17791","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fresno","8":"tag-benches","9":"tag-eco-products","10":"tag-evergreen","11":"tag-evironmentally-friendly","12":"tag-fresno","13":"tag-fresno-headlines","14":"tag-fresno-news","15":"tag-jahaco","16":"tag-plastic-bags"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17791","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17791"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17791\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17792"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17791"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17791"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17791"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}