Green Your Holiday Cards

Halloween has come and gone (even if the candy-induced stomach aches linger), and November 1st marks the official beginning of the holiday shopping season. Stores are plastered in giant cardboard present cut-outs, sale signs have gone up, and every available surface is covered in red and green. As you head out to do your shopping, there are eco-friendly choices you can make, even if all you're picking up is a gift card.

Many gift cards are made using PVC, which is difficult to recycle, so they usually end up in dumps where they take decades to break down. Nearly 8.4 billion plastic cards were produced in North America alone in 2006, according to the International Card Manufacturers Association, and all those cards add up to a whole lot of waste.

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