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Problem: many wastes are created;people do not recycle stuff

Americans throw away 25% more trash from gifts packing during the Thanksgiving to New Year's holiday period than any other time of year. The extra waste amounts to 25 million tons of garbage, or about 1 million extra tons per week! 

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. If every American family wrapped just 3 presents in re-used materials, it would save enough paper to cover 45,000 football fields. The 2.65 billion Christmas cards sold each year in 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. 

Gift Ideas -

· pay extra attention to gifts that are labeled as recycable 

Entertaining - 

·Make everything easy for guests for recycle 

· Use plates, glasses and cutlery that can be washed and re-used.

Public Transit - 

· drive as less often as possible during thanksgiving. Use public transportation to go places. We can take bus, train and subway, etc. Public transit could prevent a large amount of gas emissions and save a lot of energy. 

Wrap It Up - 

· For gift wrapping, start with recycles. 

· Use old posters, comics, colorful shopping bags, even old maps. 

· When we recieve, be sure to save the ribbons and bows.