Here are local businesses where anyone can drop off empty candy wrappers, as well as schools where children and parents can drop them off: Washington, D.C. St. Patrick’s Episcopal Day School; ...

Don’t just throw away your empty candy wrappers. Rubicon has a Trick-or-Trash program allowing businesses and schools across the country to collect the wrappers to be recycled.

Candy wrappers taking toll on recycling centers. ... “Make sure you empty your containers, make sure they’re cleaned out, and make sure they’re dried,” she said.