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This Season’s Green Holiday Trend: Reusable Gift Wrap

 

 

In our last installment here we talked a bit about how to reduce waste this holiday season by recycling that used, old wrapping paper.

 

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This week we’d like to take it a step further by introducing a few cool ideas that will eliminate wrapping paper altogether, yet still provide your family and loved ones the never-ending fun of not knowing what their gifts may be (if we can keep it a secret).
 
What are we even talking about? We’re talking about alternatives to wrapping paper, that’s what!
 
CraftingaGreenWorld.com offers some, dare we say, creative and classy ways to wrap up gifts of all shapes and sizes, with no paper at all. The site also shows us how to do it right, in easy steps for each of the paperless ideas.
 
Ever thought of using cloth to package and tie up your presents? How about cloth bags to hold your gifts where the bag itself is actually a reusable gift? How about jars? Fabric gift baskets or metal tins? What about repurposing used VHS tape as package ribbon? Yeah, pretty cool huh? We thought so too.

 

The options are indeed endless for those willing to explore alternative ways to present gifts without the use of paper. So check out these great ideas and let us know in the comment section below which you believe is the coolest, as well as any other options that you have seen or used!

 

Be sure to check back next week for a great list of 2011's forthcoming eco-holidays!

 

Give your Holiday Wrapping Paper the Gift of New Life: Recycle It!

If you were asked, you could probaaltbly guess what our Monthly Recyclable is this month. Correct! It is wrapping paper!

 

You know what we are talking about. As all the gifts are snatched open by the kids (and the young-at-heart), wrapping paper piles start to build. If we throw this in the trash it will go to the landfill.

 

Good thing there is another, more eco-friendly option: Just recycle it!

 


It’s easy to do. Collect the paper every time a gift is opened.  At the end of the  celebration, place the paper in your Curbside Recycling bin and your local hauler will  pick it up and make sure it doesn’t go to waste.
 
Got more creative ways of recycling your wrapping paper? We’d love to hear your ideas in the comments section below.
 
Keep recycling right and Happy Holidays!
 
PS: If wrapping paper isn’t your thing and you want to take your holiday greening a step further, come back next week for alternative options to traditional gift wrapping paper.
 

 
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