Eco-Friendly Alternatives To Wrapping Gifts

Boro-Wide Recycling Corp.

Maspeth, NY 718-416-1656

www.BoroWideRecycling.com

With the holidays just around the corner, most people are finishing up their shopping and beginning to wrap presents.  After all of the efforts you've made to go green this year, why stop during the holidays?  Using store-bought wrapping paper is wasteful, especially when there are many eco-friendly alternatives that could be used. 

• Outdated Maps: Everyone has old maps lying around their car or house.  Check to see if they are outdated.  If so, make them useful!  They're great for wrapping gifts.
• Brown Paper Bags:  The big brown bags that you used to get at the grocery store, before you bought a reusable green bag, are perfect for gift wrapping.  You can even make them personal by drawing and decorating the paper!
• Newspapers:  Use the comic section to wrap gifts!
• Cloth/Fabric: Wrapping your gifts in cloth eliminates waste and provides an extra gift to your loved ones!
• Gift Boxes: Many times our gifts are already in gift boxes, and yet we feel the need to wrap them.  Why? A gift box is already beautiful!
• Children's Art:  Have your kids create pictures that you can use to wrap gifts.  Everyone will love the personal touch!
• Jars: Jars are great when giving candies and homemade treats! Throw a bow on it to give it a festive look!

For more eco-friendly wrapping tips, check out http://goo.gl/XehD2c.

Boro-Wide Recycling is experienced to assist construction, commercial and residential customers into ridding waste from landfills.  Contact us to learn how we can meet all your recycling needs and help you protect our planet. 

Recycle or Reuse For the Holidays!

Boro-Wide Recycling Corp.

Maspeth, NY 718-416-1656

www.BoroWideRecycling.com

It’s the Holiday Season; many of you are wrapping your gifts and preparing for the big day where all of the wrapping paper will go in the trash. Think about all the paper, tissue paper, cards and gift boxes that will be thrown out this year across the country.  You may want to consider reducing the amount of waste this year while coming up with creative ways to recycle.

According to ABC news, one of the ways you can reduce the amount of paper is using color-coded wrapping paper. Assign each family member a color and you won’t need to use gift tags.  You may also want to use leftover newspapers or wallpaper to wrap the gifts to save on the amount of paper used.

Buy reusable shopping bags and reduce the amount of plastic bags being wasted. Instead of going out and buying tissue paper for your gifts,save the tissue paper from other purchases and reuse it.

Save your Christmas Cards and make into gift tags for next year! Bows,ribbons, gift bags and tissue paper can often be saved and used again the following year. You can even shred wrapping and tissue paper to use as packing or shipping material.

With all of those new gifts you received, where do they go? You may need to make some room! If you need to find space in your drawers and closets for tops, pants, etc., consider donating clothes you don’t wear anymore to your local thrift store or find a clothing collection bin.

And if you get new electronics, like an iPhone, recycle your old one. It’s now easier than ever since New York passed a law mandating that electronics manufacturers offer “free and convenient recycling of electronic waste.” You can take your items to stores that sell these electronics regularly to get recycled.

Don’t forget that you can recycle your tree in some towns. They usually pick up trees in the first week of January, and grind them for mulch! So check to see if your town recycles trees.

To find out more please give us a call at 718-416-1656 and visit our website: www.borowiderecycling.com

You can also write on our wall and let us know your recycling/reuse ideas for the Holidays!