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Give a gift that keeps on giving -- reduce your holiday trash this year

During the holidays:

  • The amount of trash Americans throw away goes up by a million tons a week.
  • Solid waste increases by 25 percent.
  • Third-class mail (catalogs, fliers) adds another 4.4 million tons to mail bags and -- ultimately -- to garbage bags.

Mountains of trash from gift wrappings, decorations, and disposable diningware may give your trash collector the blues … not to mention what it does to our landfills.

By applying the simple logic of Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle, you can help eliminate the downside of Christmas "presence." Surprise your trash collector this holiday! For more holiday recycling tips, listen to the audio clips below.
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How To Minimize Your Trash Real (1:00) QuickTime (1:00) Windows Media
Recycling Your Christmas Tree Real (1:00) QuickTime (1:00)
Fireplace Ashes Can Be Beneficial to Gardens Real (1:00) QuickTime (1:00)