{"id":25705,"date":"2025-12-10T14:37:35","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T14:37:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ecocycle.org\/?p=25705"},"modified":"2025-12-13T16:39:15","modified_gmt":"2025-12-13T16:39:15","slug":"holiday-guide-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ecocycle.org\/holiday-guide-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrate the Holidays with More Joy and Less Waste"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The holiday season should feel full of connection, not overstuffed trash cans. From gift wrap and shipping materials to leftovers that don&#8217;t get eaten, it\u2019s easy for waste to pile up this time of year. Eco-Cycle\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/ecocycle.org\/eco-living\/reuse-repair-and-share\/zero-waste-holiday-guide\/\">2025 Zero Waste Holiday Guide<\/a> brings together simple, practical tips so you can enjoy the traditions you love while cutting back on what gets thrown away.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" data-src=\"https:\/\/ecocycle.org\/content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Holiday-Guide-2025_banner-1024x512.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-25786 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/ecocycle.org\/content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Holiday-Guide-2025_banner-1024x512.png 1024w, https:\/\/ecocycle.org\/content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Holiday-Guide-2025_banner-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/ecocycle.org\/content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Holiday-Guide-2025_banner-768x384.png 768w, https:\/\/ecocycle.org\/content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Holiday-Guide-2025_banner-1536x768.png 1536w, https:\/\/ecocycle.org\/content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Holiday-Guide-2025_banner-200x100.png 200w, https:\/\/ecocycle.org\/content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Holiday-Guide-2025_banner.png 2000w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1024px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1024\/512;\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Eco-Cycle&#8217;s two-page <a href=\"https:\/\/ecocycle.org\/eco-living\/reuse-repair-and-share\/zero-waste-holiday-guide\/\">2025 Zero Waste Holiday Guide<\/a> guide offers ideas for greener gifting, holiday decorating, and meaningful celebrations. For Boulder County residents, page 2 doubles as a quick-reference chart for what to do with common holiday items locally\u2014what goes in your curbside recycling bin, what you can recycle\u00a0 at the<a href=\"https:\/\/ecocycle.org\/services-and-facilities\/charm\/\"> Eco-Cycle\/City of Boulder Center for Hard-to-Recycle Materials<\/a> (CHaRM), and special tree recycling options across the county.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The guide is available <a href=\"https:\/\/ecocycle.org\/resources\/holiday-guide\/\">in English<\/a> and in Spanish:<a href=\"https:\/\/ecocycle.org\/resources\/holiday-guide-in-spanish\/\"> <em>Gu\u00eda para las festividades con cero desperdicios<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What You\u2019ll Find in the Zero Waste Holiday Guide<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Inside the guide, you\u2019ll find quick tips to help you:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Rethink wrapping and packaging<\/strong>\u2014Lower-waste options for wrapping gifts and shipping packages, plus what to avoid so your paper can actually be recycled where accepted.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Give \u201cmore than stuff\u201d<\/strong>\u2014Ideas for experiences, donations, practical reusables, and homemade treats that don\u2019t create long-lasting waste.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Choose greener cards and d\u00e9cor<\/strong>\u2014How to keep the sparkle and sentiment while steering clear of non-recyclable glitter, foil, and plastics.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Host a Zero Waste gathering<\/strong>\u2014Simple swaps to move away from disposables, reduce food waste, and make cleanup easier.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Cut back on junk mail<\/strong>\u2014Steps to slow the flood of catalogs and sales flyers so you can focus on what you really need.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Dive Deeper: Holiday Recycling FAQs<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are more details on some frequently asked questions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Gift wrap and packaging<br><\/strong>Learn why most traditional wrapping paper is so challenging to recycle and explore eco-friendly holiday wrapping alternatives in <a href=\"https:\/\/ecocycle.org\/wrapping-paper-recycling\/\">\u201cUnwrapping Wrapping Paper Recycling\u201d<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Broken holiday lights<br><\/strong>Find out where and how to recycle old string lights\u2014and why they\u2019re collected separately from other cables\u2014by reading <a href=\"https:\/\/ecocycle.org\/holiday-lights-recycling\/\">\u201cHow to Recycle Christmas Lights and Holiday Lights in Boulder County\u201d<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Christmas tree recycling<br><\/strong>When the season winds down, your tree still has one more gift to give. <a href=\"https:\/\/ecocycle.org\/tree-recycling\/\">\u201cWhere to Take Your Christmas Tree for Recycling in Boulder County\u201d<\/a> explains why tree recycling matters for climate and soil health and lists local drop-off and curbside options.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Rigid white foam from shipping boxes<br><\/strong>Large gifts, such as electronics,&nbsp; often arrive packed in rigid white #6 foam that can\u2019t go in your curbside recycling bin. <a href=\"https:\/\/ecocycle.org\/rigid-foam-recycling\/\">\u201cRigid White Foam Recycling: Why and How to Recycle at the Eco-Cycle\/City of Boulder CHaRM\u201d<\/a> walks you through how to recycle this material properly and what it becomes next.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Have a great holiday season, and cheers to a Zero Waste New Year!<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The holiday season should feel full of connection, not overstuffed trash cans. 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