Photo: Vicky's favorite Christmas gift last year!According to the EPA, between Thanksgiving and New Year's our garbage will increase by 25%. Wow! If each of us take at least one step this holiday season to decrease our "footprint", what a difference we could make this year.
Here are 10 tips for having a green holiday without decreasing the fun:
1. send e-cards or buy cards from recycled paper
2. when shopping online consolidate your orders (for example, upon check out Amazon asks if you want your items shipped as they become available or if you wish to have them sent together)
3. decorate paper grocery bags and use them as gift bags
4. wrap a gift in a gift (ie: place garden tools in a flower pot)
5. remember to take your own bags when you go shopping
6. while guests are in the house, set up a recycling system
7. make gift tags from holiday cards people have sent you
8. if entertaining, forgo the paper products and use your everyday dishes
9. replace your decoration lights with "LED" lights
10. shred your crinkled tissue paper for future gift giving
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