Choose the right wrapping paper
Brown paper is so in right now! Finish it off with a beautiful bow (made from string), add a cardboard tag, pop on a few ink stamps and voila, a stunning gift!
Buy green gifts for your loved ones
There are dozens of eco-friendly gifts out there just waiting to fill the floor space under your Christmas tree.
- To help prepare your loved ones for their 2020 get fit resolutions, glass water bottles are a must for every day use as well as for when they hit the gym.
Stock image: Unsplash - Bamboo toothbrushes may not be on the top of everyone’s wish list, but nothing says eco-warrior quite like brushing your teeth with a bamboo toothbrush.
- Since we are on the topic of dental hygiene, why not add in a few of those toothpaste tabs. Toothpaste for Christmas? Well, since these are quite pricey, I’m sure your eco-loving friends will not complain.
- Encourage your loved ones to ditch the plastic straws and buy them glass or metal alternatives. Suck on that, polluters.
- Reusable tote bags are where it’s at. They are an ideal way to decrease your carbon footprint and, if you’re picking them up at novelty stores (I’m looking at you, Typo), they’re undoubtedly gonna have some fantastic designs on them too. #HogwartsIsHome
- Nothing wraps up Christmas quite like chocolate, so be sure to check if the chocolatiers are utilising sustainable sources in their products, such as palm oil and cocoa. Remember that banned orangutan ad? Don’t be THAT guy! The top of my list would include Lindt. Not only does it taste divine, but it also makes use of sustainable palm oil AND cocoa products. Trust me on the salted caramel, it’s DIVINE!
Remember, reduce, reuse, recycle. Wine and champagne is a given at most Christmas luncheons, so rinse out those bottles and drop them into the recycling container.
Most of all, have yourself a fantastic and eco-friendly Christmas!
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