ECO-FRIENDLY PRODUCTS AND GIFT IDEAS FOR YOUR LOVED ONES
Feel good about your gift giving and reduce your carbon footprint with these environmentally-friendly gifts & eco-friendly products.
A Guide to Green & Sustainable Gifts for Christmas Special
Whether it’s for Christmas, Birthdays, Mother’s Day, or Graduations, gifts are an important part of every celebration but how they are sourced and produced can negatively impact the environment.
What makes a gift sustainable? For the products to be sustainable, it has to somehow benefit the environment also. Below are a few eco-friendly products that can be sustainable and some examples of different gifts that fit in this category.
Ways to shop more sustainably this Christmas
An average British adult spends £500+ on Christmas gifts in a year. Add that all up and it is a total of £25.2 billion in this year’s festive gifts. That is a lot of money that could potentially go towards supporting our small businesses, and a lot of beautiful, valuable presents bringing joy… but it is also a massive amount of resources that might just end up as a landfill.
So what should we think about when we choose Christmas gifts to make our presents more planet-friendly? In this article, we discuss how to have a more sustainable Christmas and we share lots of tips for eco-friendly gifting to your loved ones.
And also we have an eco-friendly products list for your loved ones and our valuable Earth.
Looking for gifts made with eco-friendly materials?
Many makers are choosing to work with recycled materials and repurposed materials. Carefully considering which materials they are using and where and how they source them, while also developing more eco-friendly processes. As a customer, this is great, because it makes it easier to make more environmentally friendly purchases.
We have a website that only has these lots of products that are eco-friendly and beneficial to nature and our valuable planet.
How can we give presents in an environmentally responsible way? Check out our sustainable gift guide tips and ideas around environmentally ethical and mindful gift giving.
We have collected a variety of Eco-friendly and sustainable gift ideas so you can not only give thoughtful presents but also have a good impact on the planet. There are options for everyone – kids, friends, partners, minimalists, environmentalists, vegans, and a range of unique to practical, luxury to affordable gifts – so you are sure to find something perfect.
The experiences not only make great eco-friendly gifts and are perfect for those who do not want more stuff, but experiences actually make people happier than material goods!
Ecoplann.org makes it easy to give sustainable products all over the United Kingdom by simply selecting one of the products.
Ecoplann.org gives you the option of an e-voucher or a gift box including the voucher and brochure all made from recycled materials. Ecoplann.org not only carbon offsets the gift box shipping but also offsets each experience enjoyed by 200% – making them a much more sustainable and often more affordable way to purchase experience gifts!
Benefits of buying eco-friendly products:
There’s no legal requirement for you to purchase sustainably, or to buy sustainable products or goods and services, but it could help you to:
Address social issues and improve the livelihoods of communities & individuals
Save money over the life of a service or product.
Reduce your impact on the environment
Improve your business’ reputation
Environmental and social benefits:
save natural resources
help your local or wider communities
reduce your carbon emissions
reduce the amount of waste
WAYS TO LIVE MORE SUSTAINABLY AND PROTECT PLANTS AND WILDLIFE ARE GIVEN BELOW:
Think twice before going shopping.
Make sure your big purchases contribute to significant environmental benefits.
Go Plastic Free products for daily use.
Boycott these products that can endanger wildlife.
Pay attention to labels.
Be water-wise.
Drive less and drive green.
Make your home green and make it beautiful.
Take Extinction Off Your Plate.
Choose to have a smaller family and protect wildlife