Anna Getty, author of I’m Dreaming of a Green Christmas: Gifts, Decorations, and Recipes that Use Less and Mean More, wants everyone to have a greener Christmas this year. Although the big day is just a few days away, there’s still time to implement some of her ideas for a more eco-friendly holiday season. The book will also make a great gift for friends and family. Buy it now so next year they can plan their new, greener Christmas traditions.
If you adopted any new eco-friendlier Christmas traditions this year, I’d love to hear about them.
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I’ve got a great + super simple tip. The next time you’re purchasing a gift card– go for the electronic (and paperless) option, an eGift card. Each year, 75 millions lbs of PVC is dumped into landfills from plastic gift card waste (Plenty Magazine). That’s an astronomical amount of waste for something that can easily and conveniently be sent virtually. PVC is notoriously difficult to recycle and cannot be tossed into the recycling bin along side your other household items. You must send those pesky plastic cards to a PVC recycling plant, the only one I know of is EarthWorks. For a directory of retailers that offer an eGift card, try giftzip.com …it is the most extensive one I have found to date. Hope that helped.