Wonderful whales gift wrap (on recycled paper)

This gorgeous whales gift wrap is printed on recycled paper, perfect to wrap any zero waste gift, and to make someone smile. Printed with vegetable inks, this is printed local to the maker, by a company with a carbon-balanced footprint. Folded wraps are sent in recycled hard-backed envelopes.

How to help endangered whales

Whales are beautiful creatures, though they are rare to see in England, unless you’re in Cornwall or Northumberland! Like all marine creatures, they are at risk from over-fishing, ghost fishing waste, pollution and habitat loss.

The best way to help whales is just to live a simple sustainable life. Other great ways to help is to only use plant-based squalane in beauty products (read the labels), avoid ‘steak’ served on cruise ships (usually whale meat) and avoid krill supplements (vital food for whales, still legal to sell in chemists).

Also never visit tourist aquariums, as whales (including orcas – killer whales) don’t have enough space to live lives of quality. Read more on how to help endangered whales.

Why choose recycled gift wrap?

Traditional gift wrap is made from virgin paper, which means chopping down trees to make it. These trees are often from Boreal forests in northern Europe, home to moose, elk, wolves and grizzly bears. Choosing post-consumer gift wrap saves trees, and helps to therefore reduce climate emissions.

How and where to recycle used gift wrap 

If not good enough to use again, just recycle at kerbside bins (scrunch it into a ball – if it stays scrunched, it’s good to go).

You can’t recycle gift wrap with glitter or plastic coating, it has to be binned. That’s why it’s such a good idea to buy recycled gift wrap like this one!