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, ...

Research shows that only about 5% of plastics used in the U.S. actually get recycled. The rest ends up in landfills, oceans and even in the bodies of humans and animals as microplastics.

Have a book-buying problem and no more shelf space to fit them all? This program hopes to keep books out of landfills while supporting recycling services.