zero waste Christmas • tips for avoiding waste
Each of us produces over 500 kg of household waste per year. The zero-waste movement shows that things can be done differently. A beginner's tip: shop with as little packaging as possible. Most of the waste is generated when you go shopping. It's better to buy fresh vegetables from the market than packaged ones from the supermarket. It tastes better too. And of course, drink tap water instead of bottled mineral water. We think: enough of the New Year's resolutions. Because the issue of waste is really on our minds, our motto is: better now than later. Here are our zero-waste tips for beginners for your zero-waste Christmas .
Zero Waste Christmas Tree: from the Berlin Christmas Forest
Did you know how long a Christmas tree really can live? A Christmas tree can live up to 500 years. This makes it all the more shocking that these beautiful trees are cut down after just a few years and simply thrown away after the festivities. And all trees that do not meet the standard do not even make it into the Christmas room. :(
Robin Wood provides information about eco-friendly Christmas trees and gives shopping tips for anyone who wants a Christmas tree with a good ecological footprint . In Berlin's Christmas forest, for example, planted, adorable fir trees are waiting to be adopted by you. After the holidays, rented Christmas trees go back to the forest - back to the roots. Forestry and wildlife projects give our favorite trees a long life.
Zero Waste Dinner: with Foodsharing
Standing in line forever in the supermarket and competing with others to buy? Better today than tomorrow so that you get enough? Christmas shopping can be done in a completely different way! And besides - there is enough for everyone anyway. 18 million tons of food end up in the trash in Germany every year . This madness doesn't have to happen - it's high time to take action against food waste. As a food saver with Foodsharing, you save food from the trash . And what if all the holiday guests are full and happy before all the delicacies have been eaten? No problem, you can take the leftovers from the holiday table to a fair sharer, a public distribution point for food.
Zero waste food: with Too Good To Go
It's not just your holiday table that has leftover food. Your bakery next door, your favorite sushi shop down the street - they all have a little feast left over now and again. Using the Too Good To Go app, you can get these overproduced goods with at least a 50% discount . And the portions are more than generous. Cooking stress after Christmas? Zero. Food waste? Also zero.
Zero Waste Christmas Post: Newspaper Envelopes
Too old to write to Santa? Your loved ones will also be happy to receive nostalgic Christmas greetings in print format! To make your Christmas mail a real eye-catcher in the mailbox, we suggest making your own envelope out of newspaper or magazine pages . And put an advertising postcard in the envelope. Redesigned by you, of course: with photos, favorite quotes, scribbles - er, we mean Christmas paintings. Snip, fold, cut out, craft. This is pure Christmas meditation.
Zero Waste Giving: Give more?!
Give useful and sustainable gifts this year (again). Everyone has enough socks! Of course, this is a bit of self-promotion, but hey - we have the best drinking bottle! And our accessories are also more than impressive. Have you already discovered our soulfilter for your brother's next trip or the soulbag for your mother, who already has three soulbottles and wants to take them everywhere with her? Go on, take a look around our shop and discover truly sustainable gifts. Some savings sets are available for Christmas with up to 40% off!
You can also fill soulbottles with baking mixes or syrup as a gift – so you have a double gift!
Zero Waste gift packaging
Now the whole thing needs to be packaged sustainably. How is that supposed to work? It's simple: newspaper can be used here too. Designers put so much effort into the design of the pages that we can confidently give the lines we've read a second use. Second idea: Do you want it to be a bit more artistic? Then go straight for the Furoshiki . Furo-what?! A long tradition in Japan, the gift towels have been gaining popularity in Europe for some time now. And since this year they're also available in the soulbottles style, which you can buy from us. This makes your soulmate even more soulful and the joy of the packaging extends far beyond the moment of unpacking.
Zero Waste Decoration: Your Upcycling Idea for Christmas
Your idea is needed here. Because we are quite sure: we humans are actually all incredibly creative. We just forget that sometimes. In the age of the good old internet, you can google something faster than you can think. So our tip: just sit back and look around and see what your own home has to offer. You could do that as a child too. And always stay curious - especially when cooking and baking in the kitchen. Aren't tangerine peels far too colorful and far too fragrant to just be thrown away? What Christmassy things can you make out of nutshells? We look forward to your very own zero-waste decoration ideas .
