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Top 5 Reasons to Give Green
1. Ease of Use
2. One-time cost
3. Attractive look
4. Unique presentation
5. Environmentally friendly
A “rap” on gift wrap
The average consumer wraps 20 gifts during the holidays. If just three of those gifts were wrapped in cloth bags, the paper saved could cover 45,000 football fields! (Source: Cygnus Group)
What a card!
One year’s worth of holiday cards would fill a football field 10 stories high! http://www.informinc.org/greener_holiday.php
What a waste
Between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day alone, Americans produce an extra one million tons of trash per week compared to any other time of the year.
What a waste
In the U.S., annual trash from gift-wrap and shopping bags totals 4 million tons. (Use Less Stuff, 1998)
Save a tree, anyone?
Half of the paper America consumes is used to wrap and decorate consumer products. (The Recycler’s Handbook, 1990)
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