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’Tis the (sustainable) season!

Everybody loves Christmas: presents, great food, gathering with friends and whānau under the tree.

But it’s usually not a very ‘green’ holiday. There’s a lot of waste associated with the season – just think of all the wrapping paper, used Christmas crackers, discarded decorations and unwanted gifts that make it to landfill from your household each year!

Luckily, Mitre 10 has collated a list of easy measures you can put in place to make both your gifting and your celebrations a touch more sustainable.

Gifting

It’s always lovely receiving a gift – but often it comes with unintended environmental consequences. Too often,

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