Several entrepreneurs find creative ways of reusing burlap bags, ranging from mulch to fashion.
The Green Bank was started in 1997 by the Garden Council and the L.A. Conservation Corps to help support community gardens through the donation of tools and gardening supplies. A San Francisco reuse store specializes in bicycle repair while providing job training skills for homeless youth ages 7 to 22. A Southern California artist incorporates scrap materials into his wildly creative style, blending artistic inventiveness and reuse. The Department of General Service's Surplus Property Program receives, stores, and reissues salvaged and surplus property to State agencies, political subdivisions, assistance organizations, and the general public. Furniture designed and built from reused wood, most notably, a bar for a brewery.