There are little things and big things that you can do at home this year to ensure you enjoy a more eco-conscious Christmas.
In previous years on the blog, we’ve recommended green alternatives such as DIY salt dough decorations and making your own natural wreath.
The cheapest option shown above – the wrapping tape – is a simple switch that is easy to make. Unlike the usual clear sticky tape used to wrap Christmas presents, this tape is biodegradable. It can also be added to your recycling – no need to pick through the pile of discarded wrapping and removing the tape before disposing of it in the paper bin.
Crackers are part of most sit-down Christmas Day dinners. Usually, they contain cheap plastic trinkets that are cast-off within nanoseconds of the cracker being pulled. The ones in the montage above are nothing like that. There are three zero-waste versions, my favourite contains a selection of wild-flower seeds.
Christmas dinner leftovers are a huge problem annually. Excess fruit and veg can simply be put on to the compost heap in your garden. The meat, fish, cheese etc shouldn’t be disposed off in this way. That is, unless you make bokashi compost – this set allows you to create just that. Why not make an early new year’s resolution to try to recycle 100% of your organic household waste?
- Roll of paper Christmas tape: £3.49
- Conscious crackers, 6 pack: £25.00 – £45.00, Conscious Crackers
- Biorfe bokashi compost set: £113.92, Etsy
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