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Eco Christmas gifts ? how you can have a green Christmas

Christmas is a time for celebration. A fun time with family and friends where enjoy good food, good company and lots of presents. But along with this comes a pretty heavy carbon footprint. Christmas, and gift giving in particular, has the potential to be the least environmentally-friendly time of year. How many Christmas gifts have your received or even (gasp!) given which have been unwanted, thrown away or stored in the bottom of the wardrobe? Not to mention the waste created by the wrapping, plastic and frilly bows.
Choosing a ‘green’ Christmas gift is one of the easiest things you can to do to reduce your carbon footprint. Of course, the greenest Christmas gift is the one not given. But giving is one of the great joys of Christmas. We all love the feeling of making family and friends feel loved and appreciated. You don’t need to give that up to have a greener Christmas. By making a few small changes you can give the environment a happy Christmas too!
Use green gifting and sustainable gift specialists
By only buying from companies that specialise in green and sustainable gifting you can be sure that you gift has meets certain standards. Companies that sell organic gifts, fair trade gifts or other eco gifts have selected those gifts based on eco-friendly criteria. These companies will also have clear policies on what they are doing to support the environment and sustainability.

Rethink your Christmas gift wrapping

Have a think about Christmas waste. Where does most of it come from? It is almost all in the wrapping. Some people may try and save their Christmas wrapping paper but how many actually put it away for a whole year before reusing it? . An eco-friendly alternative is to choose recycled gift boxes which can then be reused again for gifts or even as storage containers. Also look for gift paper and cards made from post-consumer recycled paper that also use plant based or vegetable dyes, not chemical ink.

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