Wrap dominates the holidays: The boxes you wrap, the wrapping you trash, and the left-over wrap you'll probably keep.
Here's a hint about gift wrap: It usually can't be recycled. Metallic paper can never be recycled, neither can glittery things or paper with plastic in it. Same for gift bags. The test is whether you an crumble it up and whether it stays crumbled. If it stays crumbled you might be able to recycle it.
Some things that can't be recycled:
Decorations
Trees, real or artificial
Clothing and shoes
Ribbons and bows
Cellophane wrap
Packing materials, including bubble wrap and foam peanuts.
Food waste
Anything battery powered.
Sticky gift labels
But you can recycle:
Gift boxes
Tissue paper
Shoe Boxes
Cards and envelopes
Rick Good spent ten years in the newspaper business, including with The News & Observer (Raleigh, NC) and The Greenville News (Greenville, SC). He co-wrote, with Melinda Coleman, Rutledge to Riley: Governors of South Carolina, 1776–Present (Published by The Greenville News), and is the author of Mind Games Trivia #1 (Amazon). He has recently spent 15 years creating original trivia content through Sounds Good Mobile Entertainment and continues that with his new company, SGME Software. He edits The Smart Reader’s money, real estate, and business coverage.
