Summary
A guide by the Stockholm Environment Institute providing six practical tips for reducing environmental impact and waste during the Christmas season, citing global waste projections and food loss statistics.
Key insights
- Global waste is projected to increase by 70% by the year 2050.
- The guide recommends six strategies for a more sustainable Christmas: purchasing locally grown or reusable trees, switching to LED bulbs to lower energy consumption, consolidating online deliveries or shopping second-hand, reducing meat and dairy intake, freezing leftovers to combat the 11% of total food produced that is lost as household waste, and reusing wrapping materials.
- In the UK in 2018, more than 400,000 tons of card packaging were not recycled, despite 1 million metric tons of paper and card packaging being collected for recycling.
Cite the original document
- APA
- Stockholm Environment Institute (2021). green christmas. https://www.sei.org/features/green-christmas/
- Chicago
- Stockholm Environment Institute. green christmas. 2021. https://www.sei.org/features/green-christmas/.
- Wikipedia
- {{cite report |author=Stockholm Environment Institute |title=green christmas |date=17 December 2021 |url=https://www.sei.org/features/green-christmas/ |access-date=17 August 2026 |via=Climate Insights Directory}}
- BibTeX
- @techreport{stockholmenvironmentinstitute2021green, author = {{Stockholm Environment Institute}}, title = {{green christmas}}, institution = {Stockholm Environment Institute}, year = {2021}, month = dec, url = {https://www.sei.org/features/green-christmas/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }
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