Wednesday, 14 December 2016
Help the world’s forests: Recycle your Christmas cards at Sainsbury’s
© Sainsbury'sIn excess of a billion greeting cards are sold each year in the UK, many of these in the lead up to Christmas. Your choice of card, and what you choose to do with it after the big event, could help to protect the world’s forests.
You will probably see the FSC tick-tree logo on the back of at least one of your Christmas cards this year. The FSC label on a product is your guarantee that the wood or paper it contains is not the result of illegal logging or damaging forestry practices. As well as greeting cards, you can see the logo on forest-friendly wrapping paper, tissues, books, furniture, kitchen utensils, wooden gifts and a whole variety of forest products. FSC certified Christmas cards are available from many other retailers both large and small.
FSC UK is a registered charity dedicated to protecting the world's forests, and you can support this work by recycling your Christmas cards and wrapping paper at Sainsbury’s.
Recycling paper results in less waste going to landfill sites and reduces the pressure of demand on forests worldwide. FSC UK has been chosen, once again, as Sainsbury’s charity partner for their Christmas card recycling scheme and will benefit from a financial donation based on the weight of cards collected. The donation will be put toward our education and out-reach work to raise awareness of FSC and the importance of responsible forestry.
You can either place your old Christmas cards in recycling boxes provided in Sainsbury's stores across the UK, or for Sainsbury’s online customers, your cards can be collected by your delivery driver, making it even easier to support this initiative. The card recycling service will be available between Boxing Day and 9th January 2017.
Please help us to give the gift of healthy forests to future generations this Christmas by recycling your cards at Sainsbury’s.