Quick and Easy Tips to Reduse, Reuse and Recycle!
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.





































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