How to enjoy Christmas without overconsuming
Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 14 Nov, 06:08 · Archive
Zero Carbon Cumbria has launched a nine-point campaign to reduce Christmas waste and overconsumption.
Zero Carbon Cumbria has launched a campaign called Rethinking our Waste: Cumbria's resource revolution, known as The 9Rs, to help people reduce waste and overconsumption during Christmas. The nine principles are: rethink, reduce, reject, reuse, reclaim, refill, repair, recharge and recycle.
Shops are filled with items that often go unused, including plastic decorations that end up in landfill in the new year, gift sets discarded to charity shops before January, polyester Christmas jumpers that wear out quickly, and novelty items like Grinch pyjamas, slippers, baubles, ornaments, mugs, snow globes and bedding. The organisation argues that overconsumption is one of the biggest drivers of the climate crisis, as manufacturing and transporting products releases greenhouse gases, with further emissions occurring when items reach landfill.
Applying The 9Rs to Christmas shopping could save energy and money whilst reducing landfill waste. The campaign suggests thinking carefully about what presents people genuinely want or need, since many gifts go unused every year. Shopping second-hand and reusing existing decorations are also recommended alternatives to purchasing new items.
How it is being reported
- How to enjoy Christmas this year without overconsumingCut Christmas overconsumption with Zero Carbon Cumbria’s 9Rs: choose sustainable gifts, shop second-hand, reuse decorations and give experiencesNW Evening Mail · 14 Nov, 05:00
- How to enjoy Christmas this year without overconsumingCut Christmas overconsumption with Zero Carbon Cumbria’s 9Rs: choose sustainable gifts, shop second-hand, reuse decorations and give experiencesWestmorland Gazette · 14 Nov, 05:00
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