translated from Spanish: Get creative with sustainable gift wrapping options

Folds and more sheets of gift paper are often used to wrap gifts during the Christmas season. However, this product – which is often quickly broken as a result of the excitement of excited loved ones – is not exactly an environmentally friendly wrapper. While many more sustainable supporters of lives argue that this year’s trend is simply not to wrap gifts, there are also other options that are much greener than the traditional gift paper to “dress up” gifts. Here, some creative ideas from various areas gave to today. The industrial designer of the University Diego Portales, Camila Hernández, stated that “any role that one finds in the house is perfect, as long as it takes some time to study the characteristics of the material and use the imagination”. He added that “on social networks like Pinterest you can find inspiration in packaged ideas made with newspaper, kraft paper, magazine paper and even calendars.” An alternative that takes a little more time, but it is always easy is to take paper that is not in good condition – wrinkled, broken or worn – and turn it into papier mache. “With this material you can make nice and sturdy boxes or bags that can be used more than once or can be used to line old boxes,” Hernandez said.”You can also take advantage of old textile garments and accessories, giving them new life as bags in which gifts can subsequently be introduced. “You can make models as simple as possible, cutting only two rectangles and joining them with needle and thread if you do not have a sewing machine. Already with the gift inside can be closed with a ribbon or an elastic. I especially recommend using denim or printed fabrics, because it looks so much more beautiful,” commented Inacap costume designer Francisca Pinto.There are also brands like MiaLuna that have adopted the use of bags and gift boxes that are 100% compostable, and the tape? For her part, the member of the environmental consultancy Project, Daniela Pantoja, advised to replace the usual gift tapes with hemp and / or decorate with twigs or natural flowers.

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