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ST. LOUIS, Mo. (First Alert 4) - Did you know that you can’t recycle many kinds of wrapping paper or Christmas decorations? But don’t worry, there’s plenty of options -- and it’s easy to see which ...

Whither the plastic grocery bag? On the one hand, plastic bags, despite their legendary durability, are facing a growing threat to their continued existence in the supermarket. Media reports have ...

Cities and towns across Massachusetts started banning plastic bags around 2015, and environmental organizations won’t be happy until residents in all 351 are lugging home groceries in paper or ...

Many of us will probably have a couple of supermarket carrier bags kicking about at home. They're a lot more durable than they used to be, and these 'bags for life' are designed to be reused again and ...

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 ...

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