I’m dreaming of a green Christmas

The guide outlines strategies for a more sustainable Christmas, focusing on reducing waste and energy consumption. Key recommendations include sourcing local trees, switching to LED lighting, consolidating online deliveries, reducing meat and dairy intake, saving food leftovers, and reusing packaging materials. These tips are framed against a global context where waste is predicted to increase by 70% by 2050.

• Global waste levels are projected to increase by 70% by the year 2050.
• Household waste accounts for 11% of all food produced, according to UN studies.
• 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.

APA

Stockholm Environment Institute (2021). I’m dreaming of a green Christmas. https://www.sei.org/features/green-christmas/

Chicago

Stockholm Environment Institute. I’m dreaming of a green Christmas. 2021. https://www.sei.org/features/green-christmas/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{stockholmenvironmentinstitute2021dreaming, author = {{Stockholm Environment Institute}}, title = {{I’m dreaming of a 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} }