Comments on: Clean Up Your Holidays

By: Madison

Madison — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 15:53:28 +0000

Carol and Chris, most types of gift wrap and tissue paper is recyclable if they don’t have a plastic coating over it. How you tell is what I call the “rip test”. If you can rip it using your hands, then it usually doesn’t have that resin over it, so you can recycle it! 8)

By: Sherri

Sherri — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 16:47:07 +0000

I use bags and the decorative boxes now, people just laugh when I say I need the box back!! Anyone I exchange gifts with know that I am a recycler!

By: elizabeth

elizabeth — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 08:50:56 +0000

I haven’t purchased paper for gifts in 16 years. I went to the craft store after Christmas one year and bought cloth with holiday print for tree skirts, placemats and more. These large pieces of cloth have wrapped large gifts for years, always being recycled, remembering treasures from the past. Smaller items always get reused paper from gifts we have received, carefully unwrapped and folded for next year. Sometimes they get patches, like a good quilt. Occasionally I make my own paper for the gifts. There is always more paper that we had the previous year, even with loss from torn paper!

By: carol

carol — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 00:23:47 +0000

I can’t seem to find an answer anywhere as to whether giftwrap and tissue paper are recyclable. Does anyone know? Thanks.

By: aiche

aiche — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 15:07:17 +0000

The recommendation to evaluate whether all of that stuff is really needed or desired is a great one, and something I think most people are fairly reluctant to do. What drew me to this article, though, was the front-page feature picture depicting an ornament nestled in styrofoam packing peanuts –I didn’t realize there were som earth-friendly options with those, as I’ve only ever heard them being flamed.

By: Chris

Chris — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 21:50:00 +0000

Is wrapping paper recyclable? A lot of it has a shiny coating and I was not sure.