Here's how to keep your holiday trimmings out of the trash
Oregon, Marion County recycling lagsOregon, Marion County recycling lags'Tis the season for food, family and tons of trash.Americans throw away 25%...
Oregon, Marion County recycling lagsOregon, Marion County recycling lags'Tis the season for food, family and tons of trash.Americans throw away 25% more garbage than usual between Thanksgiving and New Year's, according to the nonprofit National Environmental Education Foundation.That includes at least 25 million live Christmas trees, $11 billion worth of packing materials and 38,000 miles of ribbon — enough to wrap around the entire planet.Knowing what to do with all that waste became more difficult in 2018 when China stopped taking most recycling from the United States.