Crack Open Sustainability: Embracing Reusable Christmas Crackers
Welcome to a festive season filled with joy and mindful choices. At Waste Free Celebrations, we're passionate about infusing sustainability into e...
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Green Gifting: Discover the Charm of Reusable Christmas Gift Bags
Embrace the spirit of a sustainable Christmas with Waste Free Celebrations! Dive into our latest blog post and uncover the enchanting world of eco-...
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50 'Cracking' Eco-Friendly Jokes for a Greener Christmas!
Why don't you ever see Santa in hospital? Because he has private "elf" care! What do you call an old snowman? Water.
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The fall of Kabul
There are no words for what I am feeling now. After last night’s bomb blast at Abby Gate, they have welded all gates shut so all evacuations are ...
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Construction Gingerbread Recipe
Gingerbread is my thing. It's a tradition I started when my baby was one and no Christmas would be Christmas without a gingerbread house! It's a la...
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Cotton, carbon, and pollution
We are pretty realistic about the downsides to certain steps and some materials in our products. But we believe the use of digital printing for the...
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NZ businesses pitch in to help former refugees sew for Christmas
When I asked former refugee women in Auckland to start sewing for Waste Free Celebrations, I did not anticipate their level of enthusiasm. I thoug...
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Muslim refugees pitch in to save Christmas tradition
Fourteen Afghan women refugees in Auckland are joining the Waste-Free Celebrations Sewing Circle to produce reusable gift bags and reusable Christ...
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Christmas waste statistics
Just how much food and drink (and packaging) do we get through at Christmas? For many of us, overindulging in food (and / or drink!) is our favou...
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The Perils of Paper
I choose cotton because I love what reusable means to consumerism: reusable fabric gift bags are designed to reduce the cycle of endless consumptio...
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Wow. Just wow.
In a decade, we predict wrapping paper and disposable crackers will be a thing of the past. Are you in?
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