Choose Zero Waste recycled Christmas cards

Although FSC-certified card is from ‘sustainable forests’, this still means old growth trees are cut down to make way for fast-growing plantations that use pesticides and don’t give food or shelter to birds and wildlife. Choose recycled greetings cards, buy in multi-packs to save money.

This tree-mendous Christmas card is not just featuring trees, but saves trees as it’s made from post-consumer waste. It features eye-catching trees in a burst of cheerful colours for a charming festive card.

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Little Difference (lovely designs and trees planted)

Little Difference is a fantastic company that produces greetings cards on recycled card (the company is co-founded by an artist from Isle of Wight). Although now based in New Zealand, the cards for UK shipping addresses are printed in Kent, to save on air miles.

Instead, this company uses profits to help fund tree-planting projects in deforestation-risk countries like Madagascar, home to more unique species than anywhere else on earth.

Greentings (reusable cards from post-consumer waste)

Greentings makes cards on post-consumer waste, but also has removable inserts and envelopes, so the cards can be reused to send again! Just pop in a new insert and send to someone else. You can even use the card passport to follow the card’s journey around the world!

Made in England, a tree is planted for each card bought. Run by a small family business, postage is just 50p (no matter how many cards you buy). Corporate accounts are available.