Christmas trends
An eco-friendly Christmas seems to be on top of everybody’s wish lists with environm entally-friendly trends soaring in popularity. SACHA VAN NIEKERK
Plantable Christmas cards
Hundreds of thousands of Christmas cards are sent out each year but, the paper, envelope, nylon foil, glitters, pins, and other decorative plastic materials are unable to be recycled. While they are items of sentimentality, they ultimately contribute to clutter and waste that eventually gets tossed in the bin, eventually filling up the landfill sites.
Reusable Christmas crackers
How often do we pop Christmas crackers throughout the festive season? From work parties to Christmas lunch and even at local markets
and events. While they’re thrilling, fun for kids and make the table setting look a little more festive, they’re ultimately filled with plastic junk that is almost always thrown in the bin by the end of the day.
Plant-based glitter
From confetti to glitter, these microplastics are beautiful, vibrant and decorative but they can also leach into our environment through water and sanitation systems, causing harm to animals and their habitats. Plant-based glitters however are made of compostable, plantderived materials.
Reusable advent calendar What would the countdown the Christmas be without having an advent calendar to pop open each day and retrieve a treat? Some families go out with each member having their very own calendar, but with all the wrapping, packaging and sweets inside, at the end of the day it’s just contributing to unnecessary spending and waste. Instead, buy a reusable advent calendar.
Vegan Christmas recipes While visuals of a succulent roast turkey with all the fixings are
