You can compost a Christmas tree after the holidays instead of kicking it to the curb. But there's preparation involved to ...

Christmas is over, but the remnants – stacks of cardboard boxes, bags of sparkly wrapping paper and maybe one or two broken ornaments – remain. Though it's easy to toss these items into the garbage, ...

The original box isn't the best or most convenient way to store an artificial Christmas tree. Here's why and how you should ...

According to the Nature Conservancy, some 10 million live Christmas trees end up in landfills every year. There are options to avoid this can also help in one's garden. One method involves ...

The holidays are over, but some of us still have dried-out Christmas trees dropping needles in our living rooms. Yes, but: You can still ditch your tree for free, courtesy of Recology. It's easy and ...

Christmas trees can take years to break down when thrown into landfill, but there are some more eco-friendly ways of ending the festivity.

According to the Nature Conservancy, some 10 million live Christmas trees end up in landfills every year. There, they are ...

On a recent December day, Mark Latino and a handful of his workers spun sheets of vinyl into tinsel for Christmas tree branches. They worked on a custom-made machine that's nearly a century old, ...

According to the Nature Conservancy, some 10 million live Christmas trees end up in landfills every year. There, they are covered with soil, which results in anaerobic (oxygen-deprived) decomposition ...

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For the first time in two decades, a majority of Granite Staters are opting for an artificial tree, a recent poll found As we near the pinnacle of the holiday season, trees are on my mind – the ...

It’s a win-win,” said Jonathan Carr, of Carr’s Cider House in Hadley. “It is a nice break for them. It kind of breaks up the ...