Zero Waste Gift Wrap (recycled paper or reusable)

Although FSC-certified card is from ‘sustainable forests’, this still means old growth trees are cut down to make way for fast-growing plantations that use pesticides and don’t give food or shelter to birds and wildlife.

This happy eco gift wrap is printed with green energy and eco inks on recycled paper. It comes folded in sets, to help save trees.

Use with plastic-free packing tape. Also read our post on eco-friendly greetings cards.

Only send plantable gift wrap and cards to pet-free homes, as many contain toxic herbs and wildflowers. Also most companies use non-native seeds, which are not good for local birds and wildlife. 

Also read up on keeping pets safe at Christmas (many plants including holly, mistletoe and poinsetta are unsafe).

Beautiful Botanical Eco Gift Wrap

These botanical gift wrap is quite stunning, and printed on uncoated recycled paper. There are no trees chopped down, no glitter and no plastic packaging. Just wrap your gifts, and then save or recycle the paper, with no harm done to planet.

This gift wrap is perfect for birthdays, Mother’s Day, weddings or anniversaries. Sheets are sent folded, please select upgraded shipping if you want sheets rolled, and sent in a tube. Also in green and cottage garden.

Good Tuesday eco-friendly gift wrap

This eco sun print gift wrap is so uplifting and tree-friendly too! With a peachy backdrop and all-over sun pattern, it’s a playful choice for giving gifts. Easy to fold and reuse. Also in other designs: Sunset and Boho.

Everything at Good Tuesday is printed on recycled paper, sent in plastic-free packaging, made in the UK and beautifully designed.

Alice Palace eco-friendly gift wrap

This quirky animal eco gift wrap is printed with green energy and eco inks on recycled paper. It comes folded in sets, to help save trees.

Japanese-inspired reusable gift wrap

Fabric wrap is inspired by the Japanese method of wrapping gifts, using decorative tea towels or fabric scraps. You can use fabric wrap to everything from books to bottles.

The giver or recipient can then pop the wrap in a drawer, and use it again the next time a gift is given. It’s ideal for in-house giving (say family and friends), with no scissors or tape required.

HappyWrap is a company that also produces beautifully designed gift wrap, in organic cotton. Use to wrap bottles to books to jewellery. The brand was inspired by Dick Whittington, who would carry all his belongings in a fabric bag on a stick!

This fabric gift wrap features a beautiful sea turtle print, sure to inspire friends who love our endangered marine creature friends.

The naturally coloured fabrics have lovely weight, so need for lining and your gifts remain nicely hidden. The orders include cotton cord and a recycled card gift tag with cotton twine.

Sent in zero waste packaging with an illustrated guide to get you started, choose the correct size:

• Small is good for wine, gloves, books, DVDs, bracelet or watch boxes, aftershave, clutch bags or iPads.
• Medium is good for shoe boxes, board games, shirts, boxed gadgets and portable radios.

The company also sells recycled paper gift wrap and sustainable Lokta paper (from a bark that sheds naturally each year in Nepal and provides jobs).

Fabrap offers beautifully illustrated organic cotton gift wraps, packed in recycled paper envelopes, with notecards to keep or give back the wrap, once gifts are opened. Some wraps are reversible, so you can choose from two patterns.

Battle Green Reusable Gift Wrap is in bright red or green, made with organic cotton. Ethically made in India. £1 from each dale is donated to a small non-profit that helps care for abandoned, abused and unwanted domestic/farm animals and sick/injured wildlife.

Fabric wrap is inspired by the Japanese method of wrapping gifts, using decorative tea towels or fabric scraps. You can use fabric wrap to everything from books to bottles. The giver or recipient can then pop the wrap in a drawer, and use it again the next time a gift is given.

It’s ideal for in-house giving (say family and friends), with no scissors or tape required.