When I was a kid, there was a year my parents bought a spruce for our yard. But before we planted it, the three-foot tree had another role to play: our family's Christmas tree. My mom pulled the ...

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It's time to discuss one of the perennial debates of the holiday season: Which are more eco-friendly, real trees or their fake counterparts? If you ask Tim O'Connor, executive director of the National ...

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It’s an unfortunate holiday paradox: more festivities means more garbage in our landfills. From wrapping paper to holiday cards, one million extra tons of waste is accounted for each week from ...