Here's a dirty little holiday secret: Most of the gift wrap out there isn't eco-friendly—even if it is made of paper. Traditional glossy wrapping paper is finished with polyethylene, polypropylene, ...

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 ...

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 ...

It’s the holiday season! A time of the year when millions exchange gits wrapped in shiny wrapping papers and bows —but at what cost is that to the environment? Turns out, there are many ways to have ...

In collaboration with the Seattle Consulate-General of Japan and the King County Library System, local residents learned “Fabulous Furoshiki: A New Twist on an Old Idea” at the Woodinville Library.

Much of the paper that wraps holiday gifts is not recyclable. Unless you choose to save and reuse it, it probably winds up in a landfill. An eco-friendlier option is an ancient tradition from Japan ...