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Although it’s nice to send and receive Christmas cards, the amount of resources needed to produce the 1.7 billion cards sent annually in the U.K. alone makes it a less than environmentally friendly practice. An efficient and easy way to send your greetings is to use e-cards (the email version of a regular card). Not only does this save trees being felled, they come in a wide range often featuring moving graphics and sound, and many can be sent for free. If you work in a large office, or have a large group of friends, another option is to pool the money that you would have spent buying boxes of cards and instead donate the money to charity. This also saves the hassle of having to write 20 or so cards with the same message. For those people who you need to send cards to, buy cards that are made from recycled material, or whose profits go to charity (preferably both). Cards that you receive can be recycled after Christmas at a range of shops, or put in your recycling box if your local council supports cardboard recycling. Creative people can even cut images from cards and use them to make homemade cards for next Christmas, recycling the portion of card that is left.
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