Have a Greener Holiday
Make your holiday wrappings more eco-friendly.
Dec. 22, 2008 — -- Along with all the gifts given this holiday season comes a ton of wrapping paper. But there are ways for you to cut back on the amount of gift wrap you use and make your holiday season more green. Check out the tips below from Becky Wisdom of Better Homes and Gardens.
Reuse Paper
By wrapping just three gifts in recycled paper from around the house, our combined efforts would save enough paper to plaster 45,000 football fields.
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That could be counteracted if each family reused just two feet of ribbons every year.
Get Creative
You also could use mint tins for gift cards. This is a really great way to save on those envelopes that come with gift cards. You can stick the card inside a mint tin. Works great and is really creative.
Finally, you could use fabric gift bags instead of paper gift bags. Try Lyziwraps, which are gift bags made out of fabric that can be reused. They are $6-$30, compared to $5-$10 for bags tossed away.