As Christmas Day comes to a close, so many of our homes will be filled with piles and piles of holiday wrapping scraps. We’ll tell you how to properly dispose of all this waste — what can be recycled ...

Katherine Martinko is an expert in sustainable living. She holds a degree in English Literature and History from the University of Toronto. Wrapping paper may have "paper" in its name, but that ...

Across the UK this Christmas, councils are cracking down on Christmas recycling mistakes as bins overflow with wrapping, cards and packaging. Some innocent‑looking items could contaminate whole loads ...

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