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Many of us across the UK will be going through the same ritual come Christmas morning as we tear open reams of paper hiding all our weird and wonderful gifts. We’ll throw all that paper into the corner and dump it into the bin.
But surely there’s a better way? Well, there are. There are more efficient ways to wrap to reduce excess paper usage, alternatives to wrapping paper entirely, and also the option of maybe, just maybe, opting for a different kind of Christmas.
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