Comments on: What to Do with All That Holiday Plastic

By: goingplasticfree

goingplasticfree — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 12:10:29 +0000

BethTerry Laurie E My family has a long tradition of using cloth bags made from Holiday fabric instead of wrapping paper. The drawstring is cloth or ribbon and “To/From” cards are punched from last years received Holiday cards. Added bonus…it makes gift wrapping a cinch for the men in the family :)

By: Jokase

Jokase — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 09:02:47 +0000

reuse them for next holiday, so you can safe your money to do so. if you can use them why not? Some ribbon still can be use and still many plastic item there could be something creative and more fun.

By: BethTerry

BethTerry — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 05:05:14 +0000

It sounds fun and creative… not neurotic at all. :-)

By: BethTerry

BethTerry — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 05:04:54 +0000

@Eve Stavros Hi Eve. Thanks for letting me know about the link. I fixed it now. :-)

By: Joanne

Joanne — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 03:37:41 +0000

As far as wrapping gifts goes I have an end roll of newsprint from the local newspaper and I make my own wrapping paper by unrolling it in long sheets and stamping it using stamps that I make from styrofoam meat trays. I keep the stamp designs pretty simple, a star, a tree, a snowflake. It sounds a little neurotic now that I’ve typed it out and I’m looking at it in print but it’s kinda fun.

By: Plushbeds

Plushbeds — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 21:09:22 +0000

Love the idea of letting people you know that you prefer gifts of experiences or donations to charities. Also like the idea of re-using and making the plastics into an art project!

By: winniesinkyfingers

winniesinkyfingers — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 15:19:41 +0000

I am a big crafter and save a lot of plastic packaging to run through my die cut machine and colorize for cards. I save bubble wrap to apply paints and inks to canvases and cards etc…Gives great texture. Ribbons are recycled as well. Save all old gift cards to apply paints and gesso to canvases and cards..They are great scrappers. Enjoyed your article tremendously.

By: Valerie Teruel

Valerie Teruel — Sun, 06 Jan 2013 23:57:06 +0000

@BethTerry
Thanks Beth, I will check them out.

By: Eve Stavros

Eve Stavros — Sun, 06 Jan 2013 13:11:04 +0000

Just when I thought I’d gotten the message out to family & friends…I get a giant box of gourmet international cookies, each in its own little plastic sac…sigh…nothing to do but take one for the team and eat them, I guess!
Beth, in #2 above, the link to the ReUse Alliance doesn’t work – takes me to a secure log-in window…

By: BethTerry

BethTerry — Sat, 05 Jan 2013 22:31:53 +0000

@Valerie Teruel Hi Valerie. There are lots of organizations working on various aspects of the plastic problem… on things like toxic chemicals, plastic bag bans, styrofoam bans, and other things. I have a list of organizations in the resources section of this site. This list is by no means exhaustive. http://myplasticfreelife.com/organizations/