No-Guilt Gift Wrapping
Do you love tearing into a beautifully wrapped package but feel guilty about all the trash that is created? Then get into the green gifting phenomenon. Here’s how:
Start with eco-kind wrapping paper because traditional types can be loaded with environmentally unfriendly dyes and chemicals. Companies that carry Earth-friendly options are:
• Paporganics: Has vegetable-based ink prints on a blend of hemp and recycle paper ($5 for two sheets).
• Importica: Offers vibrant tree bark ($6 for two sheets).
• Also use old maps, classified ads and comic ads. Even try using brown grocery sacks as well.
Top off your gift wrapped masterpiece with a bundle of pinecones, holly berries or poinsettias, tied with 100 percent biodegradable, natural cotton ribbon from companies such as KidBean ($4.99 for ten yards.)
Add a gift tag from companies such as Bloomin. The biodegradable paper tags, featuring a dove, tree or a star, are made with wildflower seeds and are meant to be planted ($7.95 for a dozen.)
If the bags are more your style, try a reusable version from Lucky Crow ($4.49 to #13.49), they are cute fabric pouches that come with an attached ribbon on the bag already.
Even if you use wrap from the previous year and not just throw out wrapping paper because you can, you will be helping save trees, waste in the landfills as well as money out of your own pocket the following year or even the following month.
*Natural and Sustainable Living Tip: Use eco-friendly paint whenever you can’t and if you can’t seem to find any colors you like, try water-based paints that are low in VOCs.
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