Real trees might trump fake trees in being green, but nothing beats building a Christmas tree from recycled bottles. These wonderful recycled Christmas trees are ...

Christmas is over, but the remnants – stacks of cardboard boxes, bags of sparkly wrapping paper and maybe one or two broken ornaments – remain. Though it's easy to toss these items into the garbage, ...

NEW YORK (AP) – It’s one of America’s great recycling success stories: Every year, hundreds of thousands of discarded Christmas trees are collected and reused. Many are picked up curbside by local ...

John Badman is a 1982 graduate of SIU-Carbondale, with a major in cinema and photography and a minor in law enforcement administration of justice. He has worked at The Telegraph in Alton full-time for ...

If your trash and recycling bins are already overflowing with cardboard boxes, glass bottles and debris from holiday celebrations, you're not alone. But instead of sending it all to the landfill, ...

JEFFERSON PARISH, La. — Now that the gifts are unwrapped and the Christmas holiday is over, parishes in Louisiana are collecting discarded natural Christmas trees to be used for Louisiana coastal ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As holiday celebrations wind down and decorations go back into storage, the only thing left is to take out the tree. There are ...

Some Houston Christmas trees will find new life as mulch and compost for local parks once the tinsel comes down. The Houston Solid Waste Management Department's annual recycling program for natural ...

As the holiday season comes to a close, the time has come to get rid of that Christmas tree in your living room. But before tossing it in your trash bin, you may want to consider recycling your tree — ...

GRAND RAPIDS, MI – The Christmas season is over, and many residents are now looking for ways to dispose of their trees. Grand Rapids-area residents can compost their live trees through free recycling ...

When the pine needles on your Christmas tree start to dry out, it’s time to recycle it. Christmas trees can be recycled curbside in your green recycle bins on collection days or brought to drop-off ...