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<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nPhoto by Mel\nPoole<\/a> on Unsplash<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Wrapping paper is generally not recyclable. The worst\nculprits are glossy, metallic and glittery wrapping papers, so avoid these if\nyou can. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Fortunately, there are two great alternatives. The first is\nplain old brown parcel paper. You can make it more festive by tying it with\ntwine and some mini pine cones. It\u2019s cheap, you can buy it in bulk and, most\nimportantly, it\u2019s recyclable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The second alternative is to use fabric remnants. I really\nlike the idea of using vintage chiffon scarves. You can buy them very cheaply,\nand they can be re-used year after year. I did a quick Pinterest search for\nfabric-wrapped gifts and it returned hundreds of results. Check\nthat out here<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Buy an FSC Certified\nChristmas Tree<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Photo by freestocks.org<\/a> on Unsplash<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Is there anything better than a real Christmas tree? They\nlook and smell<\/em> incredible.\nUnfortunately, many real Christmas trees are not responsibly sourced, so to be\nsure yours is, look out for FSC certification.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you\u2019re buying an artificial tree, you can buy second-hand\nor buy quality. Charity shops are often inundated with perfectly good trees and\nyou can pick one up for less than \u00a310. As we all know, buying second-hand is\ngreat for the environment and great for the charities too. If you do decide to\nbuy new, go for a good quality one that will last for years. If you buy a cheap\none it may need binning within a year or two, which doesn\u2019t actually save you\nmoney.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Sustainability is the buzz word of the moment but it\u2019s helping people save money, buy better, and do their bit for the environment. Christmas is a notoriously spendy time; we haemorrhage cash from November to New Year but it doesn\u2019t need to be that way. Last week I shared two easy tips for saving money…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3091,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3090","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-inspiration-and-theory"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clairstrong.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3090","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clairstrong.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clairstrong.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clairstrong.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clairstrong.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3090"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.clairstrong.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3090\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3093,"href":"https:\/\/www.clairstrong.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3090\/revisions\/3093"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clairstrong.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3091"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clairstrong.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3090"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clairstrong.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3090"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clairstrong.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3090"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.clairstrong.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/christmas-tree.jpg\")
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