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This week’s eco-topic is recycling!

>> Weekly green topic: Recycle it. Recycling is more lucrative than ever, but is it simply a guiltwashing tactic? Sez The Onion: “EPA: Recycling Eliminated More Than 50 Million Tons of Guilt In ‘96.”

>> Reincarnating the remains of holiday gifts. How to recycle that floorful of discarded ribbons, tissue and wrapping paper.

>> Give your holiday tree an afterlife. Recycling them’s easy. Also, leaving those newly naked trees at the curb or in a street or alley is illegal, as per L.A. Municipal Code 57.21.06!

>> Holiday cards, reincarnated. Put your DIY skills into use and recycle those cards into more cards, postcards, gift tags, and more.

>> Happy holidays! Plus how to throw an eco-holiday party. So my friend Traci and I (right, at Akasha) threw a holiday party on Saturday — and tried to make it as green as possible. Or more accurately, I baked a gingerbread house and Traci basically took care of the rest of it — but I’m writing a how-to anyways.

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