“One oft-quoted statistic is that each Christmas, as much as 227,000 miles of wrapping paper ends up in UK rubbish bins. Another is that the amount of gift wrap thrown away over the festive period in the UK alone would stretch to the moon.”
This article in The Guardian looks at ways of tackling the environmental downsides of wrapping paper, Christmas cards and Christmas crackers, including re-using them and choosing ‘green’ options.
