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, ...

Real trees might trump fake trees in being green, but nothing beats building a Christmas tree from recycled bottles. These wonderful recycled Christmas trees are ...

John Badman is a 1982 graduate of SIU-Carbondale, with a major in cinema and photography and a minor in law enforcement administration of justice. He has worked at The Telegraph in Alton full-time for ...

As the holiday season comes to a close, the time has come to get rid of that Christmas tree in your living room. But before tossing it in your trash bin, you may want to consider recycling your tree — ...

When the pine needles on your Christmas tree start to dry out, it’s time to recycle it. Christmas trees can be recycled curbside in your green recycle bins on collection days or brought to drop-off ...