Recycling Your Wrapping Paper
End your holiday by helping the planet.
After it's been ripped, crumpled, stepped on and tossed around like a basketball, there's still one more thing you can do with your used wrapping paper: recycle it. Hundreds of garbage bags are filled with wrapping paper Christmas morning after presents have been opened. But what many do not know is that the paper and other wrapping materials can actually be recycled. "The amount of trash that haulers collect increases dramatically during the holidays," said Penny Jones, a recycling specialist with the Morris County Municipal Utilities Authority (MUA). "Much of that is gift wrap and packaging that can be reused or recycled rather than be put into in the trash." As long as it is not made of foil, the MUA is reminding county residents that…
