Crack Open Sustainability: Embracing Reusable Christmas Crackers

Welcome to a festive season filled with joy and mindful choices. At Waste Free Celebrations, we're passionate about infusing sustainability into every aspect of Christmas, including one of its mos...

Green Gifting: Discover the Charm of Reusable Christmas Gift Bags

Embrace the spirit of a sustainable Christmas with Waste Free Celebrations! Dive into our latest blog post and uncover the enchanting world of eco-friendly gifting. We're exploring the significant ...

50 'Cracking' Eco-Friendly Jokes for a Greener Christmas!

Why don't you ever see Santa in hospital? Because he has private "elf" care! What do you call an old snowman? Water.

The fall of Kabul

There are no words for what I am feeling now. After last night’s bomb blast at Abby Gate, they have welded all gates shut so all evacuations are over. On a good note, my convoy was unharmed. I am...

Construction Gingerbread Recipe

Gingerbread is my thing. It's a tradition I started when my baby was one and no Christmas would be Christmas without a gingerbread house! It's a labour of love that is smashed like a pinata on Chri...

Cotton, carbon, and pollution

We are pretty realistic about the downsides to certain steps and some materials in our products. But we believe the use of digital printing for the fabrics, combined with an intended life-long use ...

NZ businesses pitch in to help former refugees sew for Christmas

When I asked former refugee women in Auckland to start sewing for Waste Free Celebrations, I did not anticipate their level of enthusiasm. I thought they might be happy to have the work, but let's...

Muslim refugees pitch in to save Christmas tradition

Fourteen Afghan women refugees in Auckland are joining the Waste-Free Celebrations Sewing Circle to produce reusable gift bags and reusable Christmas Re-Crackers™ for Christmas this year.

Christmas waste statistics

Just how much food and drink (and packaging) do we get through at Christmas? For many of us, overindulging in food (and / or drink!) is our favourite part of the Christmas season. However, the am...

The Perils of Paper

I choose cotton because I love what reusable means to consumerism: reusable fabric gift bags are designed to reduce the cycle of endless consumption… always buying, always getting the next best thi...

Wow. Just wow.

In a decade, we predict wrapping paper and disposable crackers will be a thing of the past. Are you in?