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 ...

Which would you rather flush: a tree or an old office memo? That’s the difference between typical toilet paper, made from virgin timber, and recycled toilet paper, usually made from discarded office ...

Soft is what sells when it comes to toilet tissue. But are consumers finally ready to accept a little less comfort for a clean conscience? Two manufacturers this month rolled out new lines of toilet ...

You may not be surprised to hear that U.S. paper consumption is the highest in the world, eating up some 12,430 square miles of forest each year — most of it in ecologically important areas. But did ...

The holidays aren’t so happy in the recycling world. Workers see literally tons of stuff at this time of year that Santa would say is naughty. Top of that list? Strings of old holiday lights, the most ...

There's still a few days left in 2024, but you might already be thinking ahead to holiday cleanup. As you take down your lights or bundle up used wrapping paper, the Wisconsin Department of Natural ...

for guidance and found a couple of surprises — no to tinfoil, sour cream tubs, and tissue paper; yes to chicken broth containers, wire hangers, and books — and realized I could be doing better. "It's ...

Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell has announced that Tak Investments Inc., based in Gaithersburg, Md., will invest $60 million to build a recycled tissue plant in Isle of Wight County, Va. The company’s ...