How to Use Green Gift Wrap Ideas for Holiday Gift Giving
Show your eco-friendly wisdom for the holidays by making your gift wrapping green. With a little effort, you can make gift giving environmentally responsible all year round by choosing gifts carefully and wrapping them conscientiously. Sometimes the greenest idea is to skip wrapping altogether. Just dress up a gift with a simple bow.
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Pack with biodegradable peanuts, which can be composted in the garden. If you get presents packaged with synthetic peanuts, recycle them. Many mail and shipping companies will recycle your packing peanuts.
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Reuse newspaper and paper bags for wrapping or packaging materials.
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Save and reuse wrapping paper and ribbons from gifts you receive.
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Reuse newspaper and paper bags for wrapping or packaging materials.
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Save and reuse boxes. Fancy boxes can be used for more presents and plain boxes can be reused for storing small items in the home or office. Regular corrugated boxes can also be reused for shipping throughout the year.
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Reuse rubber bands, string, children's drawings, fabric bags, baskets and other materials to deliver your gifts so they look decorative yet avoid waste. When you wrap your gifts in containers that can be reused, like a tote bag, your wrapping becomes an additional present.
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