如何妥善处理包装纸？

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As the pile of wrapping paper grows in the storage room， a question inevitably arises： What do we do with all this？ Does it all have to go straight into the trash can？ Can wrapping paper be recycled？ Does it matter that it has tape on it？

It's tempting to assume the answer to the recycling question is in the name itself： It's wrapping paper， after all. Surely it can join the rest of your cardboard boxes in the recycling bin. As you may have guessed，however， it's a bit more complicated than that.

Paper vs "Paper"

The truth is， a lot of wrapping “paper" on the market isn't actually paper at all. Metallic， glittery， and see-through papers are all at least partially plastic， meaning they can't be remade into other paper products. Even some wrapping paper that is pure paper isn't worth putting in the bin. Super thin wrapping paper， for example， doesn't contain enough of the quality fibers extracted during the recycling process.

随着储物室的包装纸越来越多，不可避免地出现了一个问题：我们该怎么处理这些东西？全部都要直接扔进垃圾桶吗？包装纸可以回收吗？上面的胶带影响回收吗？

人们很容易认为，回收问题的答案就在其名字本身：毕竟，它是包装纸。（剩余1790字）