While most carboard is easily ready to be recycled, other items such as wrapping paper, bows and ribbons are not.

Fortunately, the recycling rate for paper and paper products in the U.S. is high: more than 60 percent was recycled in 2009, according to the solid waste report. However, there is always room for ...

Recycling holiday wrapping paper and other gift wrap is actually harder than just separating your paper from your plastics.

Once all the excitement subsides on Christmas morning, the daunting task of wrangling up mounds of wrapping paper becomes an immediate priority. That festive waste has to go somewhere, and more ...

Plastic-lined paper products, including disposable coffee cups, are also destined for the landfill. “Less than 10 percent of plastic ever made has been recycled,” says Bailey.

Wrapping paper, Christmas trees, plastic bags and more: Americans generate about 25 percent more waste than usual during the holidays, from Thanksgiving Day to New Year's Day, according to the ...

Nick and Nancy are spearheading a campaign to increase paper recycling in their town to 100 percent. If X people recycle Y tons of paper per month, and total paper demand in town is Z tons, then ...

Wrapping paper Yes, you can recycle Christmas wrapping paper — unless it's metallic, has glitter or has velvety flocking on it.

Need to dispose of your Christmas tree or piles of wrapping paper? Here's how to properly recycle these things and more in Fort Collins.