Moe relocated to Colorado from Washington, DC, where recycling is very important because of the scarcity of landfill dumps. He was surprised to see that there was little effort to recycle consumer waste in his new Denver suburban area. He noticed how many newspapers were delivered in plastic bags and how many plastic bags he would receive during shopping, so he started collecting the bags and taking them to super markets to be recycled. One day, his super market stopped accepting plastic bags! He researched recycling centers to find one that would accept them and discovered that plastic bags were only accepted at hard-to-recycle centers, which then have a very hard time finding buyers for their bundles. That's how MOE'S ECOMATS were born!

MOE'S ECOMATS are a labor of love. Each bag is hand cut to make loops. Then each loop is tied together to form the plastic yarn. Each Placemat removes approximately 17 newspaper bags from the landfills.