DENVER, CO—
www.cleverlygifted.com is green. No, not green-colored paper, but green as in ecologically sensible, environmentally aware, and respectful of Mother Nature. In contrast to the gift wrap offered on many gift websites or at brick-and-mortar gift shops, the wrapping options at Cleverly Gifted truly keep the environment in mind.
According to Earth911.com, as much as half the 85 million tons of paper products Americans consume every year goes toward packaging, wrapping and decorating goods. To help fight that waste,
www.cleverlygifted.com offers two options to reduce their “gift-wrapping footprint” that are as beautiful as they are thoughtful.
It’s just one of the thoughtful aspects of the gifting tradition at Cleverly Gifted.
Cleaverlygifted.com offers two green gift wrapping options: one uses a basic, recycled Kraft box with recyclable pink and orange raffia ribbons, all biodegradable and made of water soluble ink, with a gift card printed in soy-based ink that says “please reuse/recycle our packaging for a health dose of good karma.” The cost is only $4.95.
The second option is a reusable jute tote made of natural jute fiber that’s 100% biodegradable and recyclable, 14 x 14 x 6, large enough to hold most of the gifts sold on www.CleverlyGifted.com. The tote is only $8.95 and comes with a gift tagprinted with soy-based ink and the message on the back of the card that reads: “Please reuse/recycle our packaging for a healthy dose of good karma.”
These two wrapping options aren’t covered over with logos blaring “
Cleverly Gifted” on purpose, according to the website www.cleverlygifted.com that says: We don’t brand our bags in an effort to increase the chances it will actually be used again…let’s face it…some of those bags can be kind of obnoxious!
Cleverlygifted.com also uses shipping boxes made from 100% post consumer waste. Post consumer waste is the type of waste paper from your home or office. While most boxes say they’re 100% recyclable, that’s misleading because all boxes are recyclable, meaning that they’re able to be reused to hold something else. But packages shipped by www.cleverlygifted.com are made of 95% recycled paper and affixed with water-activated biodegradable paper packing tape which means that there’sno need to strip the tape from the box when recycling it for yet another round of use. Additionally the plastic air-cushioned packs used to pad the contents of shipments from www.cleverlygifted.com are fabricated from less material than some wrapping methods simply because they use air vs. plastic or Styrofoam to protect the package contents.
Eco-Chick.com reports that if every American family wrapped just three presents in reused materials, it would save enough paper to cover 45,000 football fields. Now that’s a visual that Mother Nature can endorse.
Visit
www.cleverlygifted.com to find thoughtful, unique gifts that your loved ones will cherish. And celebrate the important moments in life while simultaneously saving the earth.
