In the UK only, we discard 5 million tonnes of paper which end up in landfill every year. Christmas wrapping paper adds a huge chunk to this already staggering number. 227,000 miles of wrapping paper is thrown away every Christmas. Let me help you to imagine this enormous number. Enough to wrap Christmas presents around the equator 9 times. The thing is, yes wrapping does look pretty – however we only use it for a few minutes. Literally: a minute to wrap it and a few seconds to unwrap it and with that, the lifecycle of a Christmas wrapping paper …
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