Cut back on wrapping waste by placing gifts in reusable bags or baskets.  If you prefer traditional wrapping paper, try to find a brand with recycled content and then reuse any large pieces to wrap presents again next year.  Between Thanksgiving and New Year’s, Americans produce an extra two billion pounds of garbage per week, much of which is gift packaging.  If 40 percent of U.S. households reduced their holiday paper consumption by just two sheets this year, the savings could gift wrap Manhattan island.

Rogers, Elizabeth, and Thomas M. Kostigen. The Green Book.  New York: Three Rivers Press, 2007.

*We use recycled brown paper bags and recycled colorful tissue paper.  This way both the bag and tissue can be reused for any occasion (birthday’s, baby shower’s, etc..).

Here’s a couple of links for recycled wrapping paper: http://paporganics.com/ & https://www.peacefulvalleygreetings.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWCATS&Category=50.

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