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9 Ways To Cut Waste This Holiday Season

First Posted: 03/18/10 06:12 AM ET Updated: 05/25/11 03:45 PM ET

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The holiday season produces a lot of waste. Household waste jumps an astounding 25 percent between Thanksgiving and the New Year, according to the EPA. That excess "25 percent" totals 1 million tons of trash.

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The holiday season produces a lot of waste. Household waste jumps an astounding 25 percent between Thanksgiving and the New Year, according to the EPA. That excess "25 percent" totals 1 million tons o...
The holiday season produces a lot of waste. Household waste jumps an astounding 25 percent between Thanksgiving and the New Year, according to the EPA. That excess "25 percent" totals 1 million tons o...
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sixyfivepercentwater
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04:28 PM on 01/29/2010
This article has been here since November. Are we cutting costs by recycling stories?
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melton244
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10:36 PM on 12/23/2009
Stop shopping!
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billw8017
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01:26 AM on 11/28/2009
I think it is the University of Arizona studies garbage. Going into old landfill, they were able to read the newspapers of half a century before: That is, landfill don't degrade. Burying food in a pit was a Celtic food preservation trick. The little rot at the edges consumed the oxygen and protected the rest.

Today when conservationists talk of burying the carbon from burning coal, we might think of the carbon buried in those landfills and build a few more landfills. Maybe plant trees over them though that seems superfluous.
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america99
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12:55 PM on 11/27/2009
greenies............no one cares about this junk anymore
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Brute
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01:34 PM on 11/26/2009
Just a few tips here……….

Recycled paper creates more greenhouse gasses than virgin paper.

Recycling aluminum cans creates more pollution than creating new cans from raw materials.

Continuing to drive a car past it's normal life expectancy will reduce carbon emmissions as opposed to purchasing a new one.
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CO2feedsPlants
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08:18 PM on 11/26/2009
i love it! thanks!
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NWBrunette
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11:46 AM on 11/26/2009
Number one way to cut waste: stay out of the malls.
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BCALM
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11:23 AM on 11/26/2009
actually , a million tons of trash probably equates to quite a few JOBS CREATED AND AN ECONOMIC boost all around as that 'trash ' went through many levels of $$$ ... I will do my part
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