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Helen_A

Joined: 26 Jan 2005
Posts: 1548
Location: MK, Bucks.

Posted: Tue Jun 03, 08 9:20 pm Post subject:
Or you could fuse some plastic bags together?

Quail By Mail

Joined: 11 Apr 2008
Posts: 295
Location: Brixham, South Devon

Posted: Tue Jun 03, 08 9:40 pm Post subject:
I agree with the ladies here, less is more, much more. I use recycled kraft paper tied with a raffia bow. Raffia is derived from a type of palm is very strong, unfiddly and looks great. I bought a 90cm x 50m roll of kraft paper for about �20 and I think it'll last at least until next year. What is it that you need to wrap?

Slim

Joined: 05 Mar 2006
Posts: 6612
Location: New England (In the US of A)

Posted: Wed Jun 04, 08 1:16 am Post subject:
I haven't tried it yet, but I like this idea: https://ecostreet.com/blog/sustainable-lifestyle/2007/12/03/its-a-wrap/ all you need is a square of a fabric of your choosing, even a bandanna would work

jamsam

Joined: 21 Oct 2005
Posts: 2560
Location: erm....i dont know, its dark.

Posted: Wed Jun 04, 08 8:05 am Post subject:
yep..thats furoshiki..the japanese art of wrapping with fabric. You can use any square peice of cloth that takes your fancy, which then becomes useful for the person recieving the gift too...

Fee

Joined: 21 Mar 2005
Posts: 15922
Location: Earth

Posted: Wed Jun 04, 08 8:46 am Post subject:

Frewen wrote:

What about using cellophane?

But then you'll be able to see the pressie inside

No use here, but with birthday presents given in person, we play a game of imaginary wrapping. You have to close your eyes and imagine that you're unwrapping the present, good fun, people always get much more enthusiastic about the present

frewen

Joined: 08 Sep 2005
Posts: 11405

Posted: Wed Jun 04, 08 8:47 am Post subject:
Sorry cello over some tissue tied with some raffia

James

Joined: 11 Jan 2006
Posts: 2866
Location: York

Posted: Wed Jun 04, 08 10:54 am Post subject:
we use brown paper when we're going posh, or newspaper when its just gifts between us.

gnome

Joined: 19 Apr 2006
Posts: 730

Posted: Wed Jun 04, 08 11:13 am Post subject:
we used to use leftover rolls of wallpaper

Slim

Joined: 05 Mar 2006
Posts: 6612
Location: New England (In the US of A)

Posted: Wed Jun 04, 08 12:01 pm Post subject:

gnome wrote:

we used to use leftover rolls of wallpaper

I like that idea, especially if you could find really funky rolls leftover from the '70s

....aahhhh, "harvest gold"

Maxwell Smart

Joined: 29 May 2005
Posts: 607
Location: London Town

Posted: Tue Jun 17, 08 11:13 am Post subject:

Frewen wrote:

What about using cellophane?

Most "cellophane" available today is made from PP and thus a petroleum by-product and not very eco-friendly. We were using proper biodegradable cellophane at one point to wrap our products in for display on shelves but the problem is it would look terrible after only a few weeks due to the moisture in the air causing it to ripple. That and it was a dust magnet.

mochyn

Joined: 21 Dec 2004
Posts: 24585
Location: mid-Wales

Posted: Tue Jun 17, 08 11:17 am Post subject:
I papered the living room in our last house in brown paper. Looked wonderful.

rivergirl

Joined: 13 Mar 2008
Posts: 30

Posted: Thu Jul 17, 08 10:35 pm Post subject:
our supermarket sells eco gift wrap i think it is 5 metres for 2 euros but will check its a good quality paper and the print is relevant to the season before that as others is was printed paper or newspaper and for the ribbons raffia or ribbons from other things

joeecou.com

Joined: 27 Oct 2008
Posts: 2

Posted: Mon Oct 27, 08 12:27 pm Post subject:
check out ecoU.com, theres some good quality eco wrapping paper made from Lokta bark, a plant which grows in the Himalayas at altitudes in excess of 6,500ft and is abundant in supply.

Fee

Joined: 21 Mar 2005
Posts: 15922
Location: Earth

Posted: Mon Oct 27, 08 12:31 pm Post subject:
And then transported to a central location, then shipped/flown over here, I presume? Doesn't sound very eco to me.

jamanda
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Joined: 22 Oct 2006
Posts: 35057
Location: Devon

Posted: Mon Oct 27, 08 12:33 pm Post subject:

Fee wrote:

And then transported to a central location, then shipped/flown over here, I presume? Doesn't sound very eco to me.

I must admit, I'd have thought paper made from European conifer plantation wood was more ecologically sound.

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