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Damage we are causing

Between Thanksgiving and New Year's, Americans produce an extra two billion pounds of garbage per week, much of which is gift packaging.
Annual trash from gift-wrap and shopping bags totals about 4 million tons.

What can we do about this?

What are the benefits in changing my ways?

If every family reused just two feet of holiday ribbon each year, 38,000 miles worth would be saved.
If 50% of households replaced just 2 packaged presents with gifts that could slide inside an envelope, 50 million pounds or more of waste could be saved.
Americans send 2 billion holiday cards each year, so just a 1% reduction could save 15,000 trees.