This time of the year with gifts, holiday cards and catalogs, it can be difficult to figure out which items can be recycled and which ones are non-recyclable.Holiday items you can recycle:
• Regular gift-wrapping paper
• paper shopping bags
• gift boxes
• holiday cards and envelopes
• packing paper & cardboard packing pieces
• holiday catalogs and advertisements
Holiday items you can’t recycle:
• Liners and tissue paper from shopping bags and shoe & gift boxes
• ribbon
• foil backed wrapping paper
• plastic bags and wrappers
• Styrofoam packing peanuts
• rigid Styrofoam
Most mailing services will accept clean, bagged Styrofoam peanuts for reuse.
