> In Britain, it is estimated that 226,800 miles of wrapping paper is thrown away annually at Christmas.

> In Germany, approximately 100 grams of gift wrapping paper per person are used each year, resulting in up to 8,000 tons of gift wrapping paper waste.

> In Canada, gift packaging and paper shopping bags generate 540,000 tons of packaging waste annually. Due to recycling challenges, most gift wrapping paper made from various materials ends up in landfills.

> During the Christmas season in the United States, an additional 5 million tons of waste are generated, with up to 4 million tons consisting of various gift packaging and gift papers.



source: Wikipedia gift wrapping article


Santa is kililng the fucking planet and nobody seems to care :santahurr:


> The type of decorative wrapping paper we're familiar with today was invented by the Hall brothers—of Hallmark fame—in 1917 ...


100 years and still no valid use case for wrapping paper