This holiday season, Canada’s waste production will rise by more than 25% and reach an astonishing 50 kilograms of trash per person. [1] [2]
Countless seasonal and single-use items will go straight to landfills across the country with the purchase of no less than 6 million tape rolls and 2.6 billion greeting cards. [3] [4] A good chunk of the 545,000 tonnes of wrappings and bags that are thrown out each year are part of the coming celebrations. [1] Delicious leftovers, of which around 30% could have been eaten, won't make it to the dinner table. [5] Thousands of holiday trees will sadly end up on our sidewalks once their brief duty is fulfilled.
Unless we act on it!
Let’s reject our over-consuming, take-make-waste system. Let’s take action instead and model the change we want governments and companies to make. Together let’s create new traditions, and pledge to cut waste this holiday season!
Show your love with more than gifts
Go zero-waste and 100% creative with your gift wrap
Think reuse-chic rather than buy-cheap
Cut food-waste out of your menu
Take the pledge and get access to low waste tips that will inspire you in your low waste journey! Let's get wasteless this holiday season ✨
Sources
[1] https://www.cbc.ca/radio/whatonearth/holidays-recycling-christmas-tree-composting-1.6688865
[2] https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/think-green-giving-1.5401625
[5] https://secondharvest.ca/resources/research/the-avoidable-crisis-of-food-waste
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