Have an environmentally friendly Christmas

Christmas comes with an unimagineable amount of packaging, wrapping, cardboard and plastic. Resist the urge to splurge and go green this Christmas, suggests Helen O’Callaghan.

Merry Christmas, but make it environmentally friendly — resist the urge to splurge. Consider the environmental cost of Christmas when making purchasing decisions.

This is the message from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which urges families to avoid the top festive splurges: excess gifting and poor gifting decisions, over-buying and over-preparing food, excess packaging and overheating homes/hot water. All of which adversely impact the environment.