You can reuse some shredded paper in the garden. Find out which types of paper are safe to shred and ways to use shredded paper in your garden.

Q. Can you tell me if the paper from my paper shredder can be used as mulch? Seems to me it is actually the same basic material as the ground-up tree trimmings I see being used. -- M.B., Houston A.

Q: It seems like there’s always a lot of waste around the holidays with wrapping paper filling a big trash bag. Can I compost wrapping paper? How about tissue paper and ribbon? A: Yes, some wrapping ...