The holiday season is rapidly approaching making it the perfect time to get green. Between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day, the amount of trash produced in the United States increases by an estimated 25 percent — that’s about one million extra tons of garbage each week. Annually, Americans discard an estimated: 38,000 miles of ribbon, or enough to wrap around the planet (with some left for a bow); $11 billion worth of packing material; and 15 million used Christmas trees,” states th ...