The News-Messenger, Ohio, USA, a state regional news outlet of USA Today (McLean, Va.) reported this past week that the holiday season produces a number of highly used paper Items that can all be recycled. These include wrapping paper, gift boxes, gift bags, cardboard wrapping paper rolls, cardboard boxes, Christmas cards and envelopes, newspapers and sales ads, junk mail, clean pizza boxes, and paperboard from items in boxes.

Items that cannot be recycled, though, include ribbons and bows, tissue paper, foil wrapping paper, plastic bags, packaging materials such as plastic air bags, bubble wrap, Styrofoam blocks or packaging peanuts, plastic toys, whipped topping and butter tubs, aluminum pie and roasting pans, and VHS tapes (if anyone is still receiving those).