“I’ll definitely try that out”

The holiday season is upon us and everyone can use one chop or two to save money. A sustainable stylist showed his followers how to use paper packaging as free wrapping paper.

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Sarah Teresinski (@redeux_style) shares tips and tricks for upcycling and sustainability with more than 360,000 followers. They showed viewers how to use soda cans to hang frames and Tic-Tac containers for travel. In a holiday-themed video, they show the easy steps to free rolling from Simple Wrapping paper.

@redeux_style The ultimate wrapping paper upcycling and it’s free! I showed you how to make beautiful tree cuffs out of cardboard boxes, but what about all that paper that’s inside?! Who doesn’t love a brown paper package tied with string? Let’s remove the wrinkles from the paper and use it for the holidays! #Christmas #holidaydecor #gifthack #wrappinghack #thriftmas #upcycledholidaydecor #sustainabledesign #environmentally friendly #upcycle #Rework #DIY #thriftflip #homedecor #Upcycling #upcycle #diy #thriftflip #homedecor #upcycles #Rework #Upcycling #thriftflip #Reuse #recycle #Secondhandstyle #transform #oldtonew #upcycleddesign #Maker #upcyclersofinstagram #makersofinstagram #Upcycling #sustainableliving #sustainsblestyle #diystyle #ecostyle #Ecodesign #thriftmas #ecovacation ♬ Christmas – Neozilla

How you get everything Vacation For gifts sent this season, save the wrapping paper. This brown paper becomes your packaging material. To keep it tidy after packing it up in the box, Sarah suggests laying it out in a nice long strip on the floor.

You can then lightly mist the paper with a spray bottle and smooth out the wrinkles with your hands. Once your paper is nice and flat and has dried from misting, Sarah recommends rolling it up onto an old wrapping paper or paper towel roll.

Sarah ends the video by saying, “Who doesn’t love a brown paper package tied with a string?”

How it works

This tip is an easy way save money To Packaging Paper when upcycling packaging materials that could otherwise end up in landfill. In 2018 The Huffington Post wrote about the enormous amount of packaging used each year. They reported, “People in the U.S. spent a total of $12.7 billion on gift packaging, including wrapping paper, tissue paper, and gift bags.”

That’s a lot of money and a huge amount of waste.

Um 2.3 million pounds Packaging material ends up in landfill every year. While some packaging may be recycledOther types of paper that are not coated with paper materials must be thrown into the trash. Green Matters wrote: “To determine if your gift wrap is coated with plastic, you can perform a tear test. If you can’t cut through the paper easily, there’s probably plastic involved.”

If it passes the tear test, you’re pretty safe recyclebut double check with your local waste disposal company.

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What people say

People preparing for vacation were excited to learn this tip.

“Wonderful idea. Thank you for that.” recycling Tip. “I’m definitely going to try this,” wrote one person who was excited about the idea.

Someone else suggested another use for the plain brown paper. “Would also be cute as a little table runner for the kids table at Thanksgiving that they can paint on!”

Another grateful commenter added: “Every time the Amazon package came with paper, I often thought: What can I do with this other than throw it in the trash? Now I know!”

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