Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The holidays create a lot of waste, with all the wrapped presents, holiday-centric clothing and strands of lights that don't work ...

A lot of wrapping paper, tape, and ribbons end up in the trash after the holiday season. But Emma Pardini, environmental program coordinator at Resource Renew, said it doesn’t have to be that way.

Though Christmas is behind us, you may still have some post-holiday cleanup to take care of. Everyone knows how to do dishes, break down boxes and sweep up. One thing that can cause some seasonal ...

The grabbing of presents, the tearing of paper, the ripping of boxes. Followed by the piling up of garbage, and the overflowing of trash bins. Christmas is the time of abundance. Too much food, too ...

With supply chain problems causing shortages, pandemic-related fears of holiday shopping crowds and porch pirates stealing online deliveries, this may be a frustrating year for seasonal gift-giving.

As the holiday season comes to an end, families are disposing of bags filled with torn-up wrapping paper, getting rid of leftovers that didn’t quite make it to the plate and taking down seasonal ...

To the editor: I read with alarm that people are throwing out Christmas wrapping, ribbons, bows, bags and boxes, clogging dumpsters and landfills. I urge them not to do so. (“Mountains of holiday food ...

Every time I rip open a lovingly wrapped gift (and plenty of us will be doing a lot of that soon), one thing pops into my mind: trash. The wrapping paper, trash. The package hidden underneath it, ...