Zero Waste Christmas

<p>Emily and Bizz chat about becoming less for the holidays. Find your hygge Christmas!</p> <p> </p> <p>Zero Waste Gifts:</p> <p>       Honing down your gift list, gift games so everyone only buys one gift, homemade gifts, thrifted gifts, gifts of experience, donations to charities, bar soap, baking, bring TP (preferably plastic-free, but it's something most people use anyway) to your next white elephant gift exchange (it also makes for a large gift and a good laugh).</p> <p> </p> <p>Zero Waste Decorations: </p> <p>      Minimalism, popcorn strings, dried orange slices, cinnamon stick snowflakes, reusable and high quality/durability, pine bough wreaths and garland.</p> <p> </p> <p>Zero Waste Trees:</p> <p>      Which is better, real or artificial? Reuse your artificial tree for as long as possible. Compost your real tree.</p> <p> </p> <p>Zero Waste Gift Wrapping:</p> <p>      Gift bags (if you reuse them over and over),  newspaper, save any paper bags you get, furoshiki.</p> <p> </p> <p>Zero Waste Traditions: </p> <p>      Tree hunting, feasts, board games, candy cane lane and other lights displays, advent calendars with homemade chocolate.</p> <p> </p> <p>For more info visit <a href='https://wastefree.ca/holiday-waste/'>wastefree.ca</a> or <a href='http://zerowastecanada.ca/tag/zero-waste-christmas/'>zerowastecanada.ca</a></p> <p> </p> <p>Music by Vita Chino (<a href='https://www.instagram.com/vitachino/?hl=en'>@vitachino</a> on Instagram, or find them on <a href='https://open.spotify.com/artist/0eWR7cPaT4dSLec3dI4z8u'>Spotify</a>)</p>