Tag: Christmas

‘Tis the Season to Add to the Landfill

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Percent increase in solid waste disposal during the holidays. From giving parties to wrapping and unwrapping gifts and discarding their packaging, to traveling and the attendant bottled water and snack containers that go along with travel, to tossing old stuff that new stuff replaced…Americans throw away about one-quarter more at this time of year compared with the rest of it.