Traditional paper greeting cards are totally fine to recycle. Shiny Christmas cards printed on photo paper, however, should go in the trash, as well as anything with lots of metallic embossing.

To search how and where to recycle in your community, use Earth911’s recycling database or Keep America Beautiful’s “I Want to Be Recycled” and filter by ZIP code and type of material.

Rolls of wrapping paper sit in a bin at the self-serve gift wrapping station inside of the New Oxford Area Library at 122 North Peters Street, part of the Adams County Library System, Thursday ...

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