Christmastime – the lights, the decorations, the presents (buying and getting), spending time with family and all the delicious food – is the most wonderful time of the year. But, increasingly, I’m finding the festivities laced with guilt too.
Year on year, I scrape mountains of leftovers into the bin and gather up armfuls of wrapping, not to mention the unwanted gifts my partner Matt, 42, and kids Sam, 12, and Matilda, 10, receive that are put to one side, destined for the charity shop. I can’t help but feel sad that there’s so much waste.
And it’s not only in my home. It’s estimated that each year in the UK, eight million Christmas trees are cut down, 230,000 tonnes of festive food is
