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6 Eco-friendly Tips for Wrapping Christmas Presents
There’s just a couple of sleeps left until Christmas day, and if you’re like me, you still have lots of present wrapping to do. This year I’m trying hard to find eco-friendly alternatives for wrapping Christmas presents. Maybe you are too? Did you know that many wrapping papers aren’t recyclable? The added glitters, along with laminated, dyed, or non-paper fibres, make them tricky for recycling centres to process. Even wrapping paper that’s labelled as recyclable won’t be recycled unless you remove the sticky tape. If you’re also trying to minimise your waste this Christmas, then use these six eco-friendly tips for wrapping Christmas presents. Also Read: 10 sustainable secret Santa gifts that will surprise and delight Upcycle Old Newspapers Newspaper isn’t just useful for stuffing wet shoes; it’s also a recyclable (and compostable) alternative to wrapping paper. It’s softer than regular wrapping paper which makes it great for wrapping awkwardly shaped objects like bottles and baubles. You can even personalise your gift wrapping by choosing relevant pages for whoever you’re giving the gift to. Perhaps use the sports pages for your dad or the style pages for your fashion-loving son or daughter. If you still buy newspapers, then you’ll probably have plenty laying around the house. If not, you can pick some up from your local newsagents. They’re cheap, and any daily newspapers that don’t sell during the day will be put in the recycling bin anyway. Use Festive Shopping Totes For anyone who tends to use festive gift bags instead of wrapping Christmas corporate gifts presents, reusable totes are an eco-friendly alternative. They’re not expensive and help to keep plastic bags out of the ocean throughout the year. Wrap your Christmas gifts in a festive tote or choose a planer design so your recipient can use their new bag all year round. Also Read: Consider Branded Water Bottles as Corporate Christmas Gifts This Year Reuse Glass Jars Glass jars are fantastic for packaging DIY gift sets or homemade food gifts. Depending on the size, you can fill them with anything from handmade soaps and bath bombs to sweets and chocolates or art supplies. You probably have some empty glass jars stacked up in your kitchen already. Just clean them with hot water and dish soap, remove the label, and decorate the lid with a holly leaf, bell, or a simple ribbon. Your friends and family can enjoy your gift and reuse the jar in the new year. Avoid Sticky Tape As I mentioned earlier in this post, sticky tape can cause issues at recycling centres. You could spend your Christmas evening picking it off of every single present, but it’s better not to use it at all. Instead, get creative with natural string, paper clips, or reusable ribbons. It might be fiddly at first, but you’ll soon get the hang of tying wrapping paper. Give New Life to Old Wrapping Paper My grandad used to tell us to open our presents carefully. He would then fold the paper and store it until the next Christmas. Did your parents or grandparents do the same? Reusing old paper to wrap Christmas presents is both a fun and practical way to minimise waste. Plus, if you have kids, you can use the old paper for stocking fillers. That way Santa’s wrapping paper will be different from mum and dads wrapping paper. Also Read: Give Personalized Insulated Coffee Mugs for Christmas Buy Gifts in Eco-friendly Packaging Of course, another practical alternative to wrapping Christmas presents is purchasing gifts that come in an eco-friendly festive packaging. Here at FLASKE, we use 100% recyclable packaging that’s printed with environmentally-friendly ink. Our products are posted in stylish cylindrical boxes that are attractive enough to put under any Christmas tree. There’s no need to wrap the gift at all! What If I Already Bought My Christmas Wrapping Paper? If you’re already bought your Christmas wrapping paper, then there are a couple of things you can still do to minimise your Christmas waste. First of all, check if it’s recyclable. If it doesn’t say on the label, then you can do a simple scrunch test. Take a small piece of your wrapping paper and scrunch it into a ball. If it stays scrunched, it’s recyclable; if it doesn’t, then it’s not. This is important to know because putting a non-recyclable paper into the recycling waste can result in the whole lot going to a landfill site. Also Read: 6 everyday items that pollute the planet and their eco-friendly alternatives If your paper is recyclable, go ahead and start wrapping but avoid using sticky tape if you can. If it’s not recyclable, perhaps you can find other uses for this paper? Maybe give it to the kids to make paper baubles for the Christmas tree, photo frames for your festive holiday snaps, or Christmas table decorations. It’s not too late to make your Christmas more sustainable with FLASKE Collection. Impress your friends, family, and colleagues by using these eco-friendly tips for wrapping Christmas presents this year. Merry Christmas from FLASKE!
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Consider Branded Water Bottles as Corporate Christmas Gifts This Year
Branded corporate gifts are a fantastic way to show appreciation for your employees, customers, business partners, suppliers, and shareholders. Is there a better time of year to show your appreciation than Christmas time? Giving corporate gifts is proven to strengthen relationships between employee and employer, consumer and brand, and between businesses. Give company branded water bottles as Christmas corporate gifts and your brand will be at the forefront of the recipient's mind from Christmas time and into the new year. Also Read: 5 ways to promote your brand with custom water bottles Why you should consider branded water bottles for corporate Christmas gifts this year Giving a corporate gift is easy, but choosing the best promotional product for your corporate Christmas gift takes some thought. If you're not convinced of the benefits of giving branded water bottles as corporate Christmas gifts, here four points that should change your mind. Useful Above all else, the perfect corporate gifts should be useful. A useful corporate Christmas gift will be used time and time again, not only throughout the festive season but throughout the entire year. Thus, it will serve as a regular reminder of your brand. A reusable water bottle is not for decoration, nor is it a throwaway item. It's a useful item that your customers, employees, and business associates can use every single day. That's why branded water bottles are fantastic corporate Christmas gifts for men and women. Long-Lasting If you want your brand to stay in the recipients' mind for months or years rather than days, then it's also essential that your corporate Christmas gifts are both durable and timeless. If cared for correctly, a reusable water bottle made from high-quality stainless steel is strong enough to last a lifetime. Five, ten, twenty, or even fifty years later, your brand will still be benefiting from free advertising. Plus, an insulated water bottle that keeps hot drinks hot and cold drinks cold is something that everyone can benefit from in all four seasons. Also Read: Insulated reusable water bottles: keep your drinks hot or cold Unique & Customisable Admittedly, pens, notebooks, and mouse mats are also useful Christmas gifts, but if you want your brand to stand out from the rest, then you need to give something more unique. A stainless steel water bottle is unique because it will last for years, it's something that everyone can make use of, and it's an appropriate gift for all types of companies. What makes a reusable water bottle even more unique, is that it's highly customisable. You can add your company logo and branding, choose from a range of sizes, and select the colour that best reflects your business, customers, or employees. Sustainable Sustainability has always been important, but nowadays, your company must demonstrate environmental awareness. High-quality stainless-steel bottles are safe to drink from, keep water tasting fresh, and are easy to clean. It's easy to see why stainless steel water bottles are better than plastic. When you give a branded water bottle, you encourage your recipients to cut down their use of disposable water bottles, thereby reducing plastic waste and eventually reducing plastic production. Also Read: 6 tips to make your office more eco-friendly Order Branded Water Bottles from FLASKE Here at FLASKE, we offer reusable insulated water bottles made from food-grade stainless steel that you can personalise with your company branding. Our FLASKE bottle is available in a huge range of colours and four sizes. Just place an order for 30 or more of the same product, send us your brand information, and we'll deliver your bottles in recyclable packaging within three to four weeks. We can also add your company branding to our Flaske's collection of reusable coffee mugs, travel tumbler cups, and insulated food pots. Combine our products for a luxury corporate Christmas gift set or as part of a new employee onboarding package. For more information, please visit our company branded bottles page. Don't waste your time and profits on disposable corporate gifts, instead give your employees, customers, suppliers, and business contacts something that they will really appreciate. Give branded water bottles as corporate Christmas gifts this festive season.
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