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There are
holidays around the end of the year. These involve parties, family get-
, and the giving of gifts. However,
for Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, and the New Year can create a lot of
. The USA's Environmental Protection Agency estimates that
waste increases by 25 per cent over the holiday
. Miriam Holsinger, co-president of Eureka Recycling, urges us to carefully separate what we throw away. She said: "It really does make a
if you just take a little extra time to put those
and those bottles and cans in the blue
." Engineering professor Dan Hoornweg said we should avoid producing waste as much as
in the first place.
