Don’t throw your wrapping paper in the garbage or fireplace.  More than 8,000 tons of wrapping paper will be used on presents, using the equivalent of 50,000 trees. Reuse or recycle it!

Try the elegant touch; use cloth table napkins instead of paper.

Did you know? One disposable coffee cup per day creates 23 pounds of waste per year?

Around 125,000 tons of plastic packaging are thrown away over the holiday season. Try using reusable bags when shopping.

Send a holiday e-card instead! There are lots of sites offering free holiday e-card services.

Buy recycled wrapping paper and holiday cards. Around 744 million holiday cards are sent each holiday season. If all these were made from recycled paper, it would help to save the equivalent of 248,000 trees.

Buy cards made from paper (not plastic) and without lots of added decorations, as these cards cannot be recycled.

When sending out invitations, make sure to use paper with recycled content or that is FSC certified.

When sending out invitations, make sure to use paper with recycled content or that is FSC certified.

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