Each year I am more and more aware of the additional waste created during the holidays. Don’t believe me? Just take a spin around your neighborhood after Thanksgiving or Christmas and notice the overflowing trash carts!
Well, a few years ago we tried a new strategy to reduce some of our Christmas Day trash. Pretty simply, we replaced wrapping paper and paper gift bags for cloth “gift sacks.” These little gems are available for purchase online or locally at stores like Michaels or Target. For any seamstresses out there, I found a really great pattern that gives really simple instructions for making these once and then using them year after year.
While we still have boxes and packaging, the entire trash bag of paper from unwrapping gifts has been eliminated. But if this isn’t for you, here is a list of all the Christmas morning debris you can bring to Powder Springs Recycling Center:
Wrapping paper, tissue paper, used gift bags
Gift boxes and packaging
Cardboard boxes
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