After the holidays we are inevitably left with a pile of garbage that we need to throw out. Here are a few handy tips to help you sort through the mess:
Burn, Baby, Burn…
If you have paper and access to a fireplace or a backyard firepit, reduce the strain on the municipal waste dump at this time of year by burning cardboard packaging and wrapping paper. Be sure to remove all plastic ribbons and foil before committing your holiday wrappings to their final resting place.
Recycle It
Most recycling programs take paper and cardboard. Check with your town on their regulations for accepting paper and again, most won’t take that pesky foil stuff. Even if you never recycle paper the rest of the year, its never too late to start or at the very least just do it this one time when you have a lot of stuff.
BioBag It
At $6.75 for 25 bags, these fully compostable and biodegradable bags are a bit more than regular garbage bags. However, the zero impact to the environment is significant enough to convert many garbage throwers. They even make disposable doggie-do bags. You can buy them in the US here.
Some other compostable garbage bag manufacturers:
Tags: biodegradable bags, compostable bags, holiday trash
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