News from Mother Nature Network
Oregon is the nation’s top producer and recycler of Christmas trees, according to The Oregonian, and many treecycling programs benefit worthy causes.
News from Mother Nature Network
Would you rent a live Christmas tree instead of buying one that had already been chopped down?
News from Alexis Petru
When residents in Riverside County, Calif., drop off their Christmas trees for recycling this year, they’ll not only be saving space in the landfill; they’ll also be helping marine life. The waste management department for the county, which lies east ...
Tips from Raquel Fagan
Treecycling is the simple act of recycling your Christmas tree, rather than throwing it away, at the end of the season. By doing so, you extend your Christmas tree’s usability by allowing it to be turned into something else. Recycled ...
Tips from Lori Brown
The real versus artificial Christmas tree debate replays itself year after year. But the truth is, each option has its own place on the naughty-and-nice list. Just a few short decades ago, displaying a Christmas tree in your living room ...
News from Raquel Fagan
The iconic Christmas tree in Rockefeller Center will be lit for the first time of the season on Wednesday at 7 p.m. As millions tune in to watch the lighting ceremony on their televisions and flock to Rockefeller Plaza to ...
News from Jennifer Giacoppo
As fast as the holidays came, they are over just as quickly. The wrapping paper has settled, the last of the cookies consumed and the bottle of champagne emptied. Now, cleaning up is the new priority. Part of holiday cleanup ...
Tips from Trey Granger
As of Dec. 26, Earth911 has collected treecycling information for more than 85 percent of the U.S. population for the nation’s largest Treecycling Directory. Considering the U.S. EPA estimates 20 percent of our municipal solid waste is already organic, it’s ...
Feature from Lori Brown
The real versus artificial Christmas tree debate replays itself year after year. But the truth is, each option has its own place on the naughty-and-nice list. Just a few short decades ago, displaying a Christmas tree in your living room ...
Feature from Jennifer Giacoppo
Get out the packing boxes and old newspaper – it’s time to clean up your holidays! What a whirlwind season it’s been. With everything that happened in 2009, 2010 is sure to be another monumental year for all things green. ...
News from Jennifer Giacoppo
Now that Christmas has come and gone, it’s time to start thinking about taking down your lights (although sometimes that takes a while), baubles and most importantly, your tree. We’re sure that our previous discussion on the pros and cons ...
Feature from Trey Granger
Over the past three weeks, we have spoken with waste officials in more than 40 states while compiling Earth911′s Christmas tree recycling directory, and we noticed some reoccurring trends. As you get ready to undeck the halls, here are a ...