Fresh & Easy ways to recycle holiday cards!

January 6th, 2010 BY dalgal | 2 Comments

Last week I mentioned ways to recycle and reuse your holiday cards and it seems there is another way to eco-friendly and that is down at your local Fresh & Easy supermarket! In my local store this week I noticed a rather large red and white box for recycling holiday cards and thought I’d inform everyone just in case you still have those cards lying around the house or waiting to mail off. Having this service available at the supermarket really is a great idea, as grocery shopping is something we all have to do, so it’s not an extra car trip, no mail service required and you get to help the environment and be eco-friendly at the same time! Overall though it’s easy! Which means more people are likely to do it.

According to the Fresh & Easy blog :

“In the spirit of holiday giving, we’re asking our customers to help us
give back to the environment. All of our stores will be collecting your
used greeting cards through January 15th and recycling them. All the proceeds will be donated to American Forests,
a nonprofit organization we’ve partnered with that will use the money
to plant trees in neighborhoods that need them, including those that
have been affected by wildfires. So remember to save those cards
and bring them to your local fresh&easy to help turn them into new
trees for a greener new year!.”

Our local Fresh & Easy had a card recycling deadline date of 19th January not the 15th so this may vary store to store, so check your local store for firm dates. I had already reused and saved as much as I could from my cards, but I still had a few leftover for recycling, which I plan on recycling at Fresh & Easy next week.

I will say that America is quite behind the times on this holiday card recycling trend though. In the United Kingdom stores such as Boots, WH Smith, M&Sand Tesco have had holiday card recycling boxes in their stores for many years. Some are paired up with the Woodland Trust which is a similar program to the American Forests across the pond. Recently I’ve been seeing more and more recycling programs that were available in the UK being available here in the US, and that can only be a good thing!