Christmas time is here. Of course, it is not always just now. It can be a birthday, a holiday, an anniversary, or let\’s say an outpouring of simple love and affection for another person, it\’s there.
We get the right gift for the person we want to please, bring it from the store, and wrap it in the desired wrapping before giving it to them.
It is logical. We are not going to give someone a gift wrapped in unsightly recycled wrapping paper hastily wrapped by a store, nor are we going to give it to them in tasteless cardboard or plastic original packaging from a manufacturer that advertises what it contains.
I could, for example, wrap it in nice wrapping paper and tie it with a ribbon, but then I don\’t know how long I would have to go to the stationery store and wrestle with it, and I don\’t know if the result of this effort would be worth it. Because anyone can wrap a square box, but when it comes to a present with an irregular shape, it takes a lot of skill.
So we simply buy paper gift bags and hand them out in them. It\’s quick and easy. And it\’s… It\’s also irresponsible.
Because the gift would probably be accepted, except that the paper bag would end up in the recycling bin at best, and the trash at worst. And both our money and the materials and labor of the person who made the bag are in the bargain.
So if you are an indifferent person and have at least some economic and ecological sense,…
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Because buying paper gift bags is inherently irrational. If you already want to give something a new, aesthetically pleasing package and don\’t have time to wrap it, what about just using a printed canvas bag instead of a paper gift bag?
This will give you the same service as a paper bag, but with something extra. After all, such bags are not disposable, or at least they do not have to be. After the gift is removed, it can be used again, for example, for shopping or to carry something from one place to another.
In this way it becomes a gift of sorts. It is a gift to the recipient and a gift to Mother Nature. One can breathe a sigh of relief when the trash is no longer dumped in the dump.
