Eco Gift Wrap (made from grass!)

Grass-paper gift wrap is indeed made from grass fibres, and easily compostable after use. So pretty you can use as place mats or table runners.

Also read about plastic-free paper tape. Read our post on keeping pets safe at Christmas. 

Although FSC-certified paper gift wrap is better, it still involves growing fast-growing plantations of monoculture trees, often with pesticides. These (unlike old-growth trees) don’t provide homes, shelter and food for native wildlife, and don’t absorb carbon dioxide, to help prevent climate change and floods.

Using post-consumer recycled materials instead helps to close the loop, and is also more creative. Eco gift wrap also avoids glitter, which usually can’t be recycled and contains microplastics.