Best Eco Stuff

Ok, straight from the EcoMomAlliance…here are some quick and easy tips to save money and share the eco love during this holiday season.

Cards:

• Opt for e-cards, or those made with recycled paper, that are also recyclable.
• Save cards you receive and repurpose as gift tags next year.

Did you know that the 2.65 billion Christmas cards sold each year in the U.S. could fill a football field 10 stories high? If we each sent one card less, we’d save 50,000 cubic yards of paper. Wow.

Wrapping and Shipping:

• Instead of wrapping gifts, plant clues and make it a treasure hunt.
• Natural craft paper and used brown paper bags can be decorated with pine cones, boughs, children’s artwork - and recycled afterward.
• Make the wrapping part of the gift (a wooden toy tucked in a new hat and a bow-tied scarf, for example).
• Reuse packing cartons and shipping materials such as peanuts, wood shavings, shredded newspaper and bubble wrap or take to a local shipping store.
• When shipping, purchase gifts that won’t require extra packaging and are light in weight to reduce fuel use.
• Reusable cloth bags make great wrapping.

There you go…easy ways to save not only dollars but also to contribute to living a little lighter and having less of an impact on our planet.