"Deceased Holiday Season Waste"
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•How to Make Your Holidays as Waste-Free as Possible: DIY Tips and Advice
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The amount of waste produced by households in the United States can increase by 25 percent between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day .
As much as 80 percent of this waste can be reused, repurposed, or recycled.
If every family in the US wrapped just three presents in reused materials, it would save enough paper to cover 45,000 football fields.
Avoid glitter and foil, and look for cards that are labelled as recyclable.
Choose a real Christmas tree, if you have one, and use real trees instead of fake ones.
Switch to LEDs to reduce energy costs by as much as 90 percent compared to incandescent bulbs.
Go DIY on decorating your tree and your home.
A report predicts Americans will spend $10.1 billion on unwanted gifts this holiday season .
Clear out the freezer to make way for holiday leftovers.
There are plenty of ways to give them a second life after the main event.
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