Growing unease about waste has some Americans rethinking wrapping paper. Gift wrap is still a huge business. U.S. sales of wrapping paper climbed 4% to $8.14 billion last year, according to a recent ...

Wrapping paper – that thing that makes our holiday gifts look so festive – has a landfill problem. If it's shiny, metallic, or glitter-encrusted it's not recyclable. And even recycled paper isn't ...

The trend in gift wrapping this holiday season is toward jazzy yet sustainable options. Consider beautifully folded fabrics or understated, brown or green masking paper topped with colorful washi tape ...

Furoshiki is the Japanese tradition of wrapping objects in cloth to cover or transport them. Some are turning to it as a more eco-friendly way to wrap presents without wasting paper. Much of the paper ...

Looking for a special, waste-free way to wrap your Christmas presents? Ditch the wrapping paper, bows and sticky tape for a traditional Japanese style of wrapping. Furoshiki is a tradition that uses ...

When she moved to the United States at age 5, Patricia Lee begged her parents to wrap gifts in the brightly colored paper of her new culture, rather than in the bojagi (BOH-jog-ee) — or wrapping ...

This article was originally published on Dec. 20, 2019. Under Evelyn Schellenberg's Christmas tree, gifts are wrapped in candy reds and forest greens dotted with wreaths, reindeer and poinsettias, but ...

One day, Belmont resident Monica O’Neil was at a store purchasing several rolls of wrapping paper when she thought about the piles of trash that would soon be waiting for her as a result. “I said to ...

Make this your preferred source to get more updates from this publisher on Google. Gift giving has become an integral part of the holidays, but preparing these gifts can become tedious. Figuring out ...

With Christmas just days away, it's time to get down to business and roll out the gift wrap. But what to do when there's an oddly shaped present like a ball, a bicycle, luggage or tiny jewelry without ...