Have A Recycled Holiday Season

The holidays are the perfect time to put reuse to good use. Try the following…

Reuse holiday cards. Cut the fronts off and re-glue them to blank paper (recycled of course). Embellish as you like, and send.

Reuse holiday wrap. Each year save your holiday wrap for the next. You can also save holiday gift tags, bows, tissue paper, and packing materials for mailing gifts.

If you have to buy new wrapping paper, purchase recycled gift wrap.

Use oddball wrap. Wrap a gift in newspaper, old art projects, found vintage or thrift tins, a reusable bag, or an old box.

Use recycled table items for holiday parties and events.

Recycle holiday meal leftovers into your compost bin and turn it into great garden matter.

You can recycle your Christmas tree by buying a live tree, that you can then re-plant (not totally recycling, but you get the idea). You can even go extreme green, and decorate a tree outside instead of buying new.

Purchase recycled gifts and toys. All sorts of gifts can be bought used, and many companies make new items out of recycled goods. See gift ideas (many recycled) from Best Green Home Tips.

What other holiday reuse ideas can you come up with?