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BBB Sponsors National Document Shredding Day to Help Fight ID Theft

How to Save Holiday Receipts, Warranties and Find Lost Manuals

Office Workers Dumping Own Trash to Cut Costs

Recyclable Material: The U.S.'s Most Controversial Export?

Has our recyclable waste become one of the U.S.'s biggest exports? It's definitely starting to seem that way. The U.S. Department of Commerce says U.S. companies exported $6.8 billion worth of waste, scrap paper and paperboard in 2009, up from $5.2 billion in 2005. But not all of those materials are actually getting recycled, creating a virtual wasteland in third-world countries.

Starbucks Is Trashing Its Green Image

No, Seattle-based Starbucks won't be adopting a comprehensive recycling plan -- only 11% of shareholders voted for that. The global coffee shop chain, which has been spending much of its marketing money on promoting its "Shared Planet" initiatives lately, believes it's doing enough.

Reducing garbage not much of a boon to the budget

Turning dirty diapers into . . . bicycle helmets?

Inconvenient family living: Reduce your trash

McDonald's: Over 20 billion served...then trashed?

Recycling centers closing: What to do with all that Christmas wrapping?

Gas too expensive? Biofuels will let you fill up with trash!