What to Do with All That Holiday Plastic

This week, I was asked to write a guest post for Maria Rodale’s Farm Country Kitchen blog about what to do about about plastic gifts and wrapping we might receive from well-meaning friends and family. For those of us working to reduce the amount of plastic we consume and the plastic waste we produce, the holidays can be challenging.

First, it’s important to have some strategies for avoiding acquiring a lot of holiday plastic in the first place. I let my friends and family know early on in my p...