Green Holiday Solutions is an Amazon Webstore created as part of a group project for an Entrepreneurship class at New York University. Our company sells holiday products that are environmentally friendly. We donate 100% of our profits to charity.
Facts on Holiday Waste
Many people say that Christmas is their favorite day of the year and while it is a very jolly time, did you know that during the holiday season (From Thanksgiving to New Years Day), household waste increases by more than 25%. Added food waste, shopping bags, packaging, wrapping paper, bows and ribbons - it all adds up to an additional 1 million tons a week to our landfill.
In the U.S., annual trash from gift-wrap and shopping bags totals 4 million tons.
Cards
The 2.65 billion Christmas cards sold each year n the U.S. could fill a football field 10 stories high. If we each sent one card less, we'd save 50,000 cubic yards of paper. (Use Less Stuff) Consider sending an electronic card. The following are some examples of what is available on the internet:
American Greetings 
Hallmark
Ribbons
if every family reused just two feet of holiday ribbon, the 38,000 miles of ribbon saved could tie a bow around the entire planet.
Food
At least 28 billion pounds of edible food are wasted each year - or over 100 pounds per person. (Use Less Stuff)
Paper
Half of the paper America consumes is used to wrap and decorate consumer products. (The Recycler's Handbook)
Christmas Trees
Each year, 50 million Christmas trees are purchased in the U.S. (Cygnus Group). Of those, about 30 million go to the landfill. (Environmental News Network)
For more fun facts go to:
http://www.recycleworks.org/resident/holiday_facts.html
