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 ...

You might not want to crush that aluminum can you're recycling. Here's a beginner's guide to recycling paper, plastic, glass, aluminum and more.

Wrapping paper doesn't make sense, even if you reuse it or recycle it. So, how's a gift giver to keep the element of surprise? Here are a few eco-friendly ideas.

PSA: Putting shredded paper in the recycling bin could do more harm than good.

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 ...

Shredded paper can be recycled, but probably not with your regular curbside collection. Learn how to reuse or recycle shredded paper responsibly.

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

Not all plastic is the same. Old yogurt cups and milk jugs, for example, don’t play well together when being turned into new ...

How to recycle cardboard There's a right way to recycle your paper and cardboard. For example, you can recycle an Amazon box, but not a greasy pizza box.

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

How to use wrapping paper as mulch When using wrapping paper as mulch, you can either shred or lay sheets of your leftover paper.

China has set strict new limits on the contamination it allows in the mixed paper bales American trash companies ship there for recycling.