"Throwing things away is a waste of the energy and the resources taken to make the product. Reducing the number of things that need to be thrown away, reduces the amount of materials which have to be quarried and mined." Quote from www.carbonfootprint.com
Americans typically do not reuse their "used" gift wrap and therefore it ends up in our landfills.
Another reason why our eco-friendly fabric gift bags are a good idea is because to manufacture wrapping paper requires energy which most likely comes from the burning of fossil fules, which releases carbon dioxide into Earth's atmosphere. And the raw material for paper is wood. Millions of trees are cut down just to make the holiday wrapping paper that looks good on your presents but quickly gets ripped off and thrown away. Research shows a CO2 savings of 0.3lbs per average-sized present you wrap in alternative materials. This number reflects the energy that would have been used to manufacture the new wrapping paper you are not using.
This is why we at GIFT WRAP GREEN are so excited; use 6 of our fabric gift bags instead of traditional wrap and it saves 2lbs of CO2 entering our Earth's atmosphere. We are based in San Diego. San Diego is claimed to be America's Finest City. Let's keep it that way by doing our part to preserve the environment!
Think outside of the box! GIFT WRAP GREEN encourages you to use our fabric gift bags for other things besides gift giving (althought these bags are made to be regifted and regifted). Below are some examples of what you can use your bags for:
- Store baby diapers
- Store kids stuffies or toys, blocks, etc
- Organize your closets
- Great for little boy's cars and dinosaurs
- Organize hair products, hair pretties for little girls
- Use one as your makeup bag
- Store crayons and pens to have a craft bag for kids
- Great for all you American Girl Doll clothes and accessories
- Where have all the Polly's and My Little Pony's ..in GIFT WRAP GREEN bags
WEBSITES WE RECOMMEND:
www.carbonfootprint.com
www.carbonrally.com
www.groovygreen.com
www.gorgeouslygreen.com
GIFT WRAP GREEN challenges you to make one small change to help make a big impact on the environment. It really can be as simple as switching from traditional gift wrap to fabric bags. And the fun part is - it is contagious! You give one person a bag and get them hooked and then they pass it along to someone else. That is how big changes are really going to take place. Reduce our carbon output, save trees and reduce overflowing landfills!
