It’s not just our waistlines that get bigger around the holidays – so do our trash cans and energy bills. Think of all the wrapping paper, plastic bags, packaging and decorations that businesses use around the holiday season.
It’s the perfect time to try and cut down on some of that environmental toll.
Here are several ways businesses can mix environmental sustainability into the holiday spirit:
1. Use 100 percent post-consumer wrapping paper. If you wrap gifts for customers or clients, at least use 100 percent post-consumer wrapping paper imprinted with soy-based or other organic inks. Post-consumer paper is recycled waste paper, meaning trees weren’t cut down to make the wrapping paper. Another idea for small retailers: Put customers’ purchases in decorative recycled-paper gift bags that can be reused.
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Author: Kelly Spors
