Today’s Tip from The Green Year: 365 Small Things You Can Do to Make a Big Difference: Wrap presents and gift bags.
“Once you tear the wrapping paper off of a holiday gift it ends up in the recycle bin, but gift bags can be used over and over again.
Use the comics section of the newspaper, out-dated maps, or paper grocery bags to wrap gifts. You can also look for gift ags made with recycled content or purchase plain paper bags and decorate them yourself with recycled holiday cards.
If every family in the United States reused two feet of holiday ribbon, it would save 38,000 miles of ribbon- enough to tie a bow around the entire planet.”
I have one little suggestion to add. Use empty cereal boxes, cracker boxes etc instead of purchasing shirt boxes. My kids will think it’s funny to get a toy wrapped in a Cheerios box!
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