Who hasn’t been overwhelmed by Christmas wrapping paper to the point where the trash can is completely overflowing? This observation inspired the team that invented plantable wrapping paper. The goal? Recyclable wrapping paper to place in your garden.
Plantable wrapping paper: a good gift idea?
This new wrapping paper concept will also make your packages much more original than the others. No more racking your brains for creative ideas to wrap your gifts; plantable wrapping paper will be more than original enough!
In the beginning
Every year, tons and tons of wrapping paper are used to wrap our presents, and once used, all of this paper ends up in the trash. To illustrate the astronomical amount of paper used, the amount of wrapping paper used in the United Kingdom alone would be enough to wrap the Earth nine times over. It was following this observation that the Beaf company set out in 2012 to create its revolutionary product: Eden’s Paper. Thanks to this paper, waste is over, and wrapping paper is given a second life.
Do you know how to plant gifts?
Well yes, it’s a bit like a second Christmas, you unwrap your first presents, you enjoy them, you go and plant your wrapping paper at the bottom of your garden and surprise! Some time later, you will harvest the fruit of your planting. Of course, you have the choice when buying the paper: broccoli, onions, carrots, tomatoes, … Enough to avoid going to the supermarket to buy vegetables whose origin we don’t always know and to savor products that will have grown directly in your garden (and who knows, it might reveal your gardening soul in you).
How does it work?
Each wrapping paper has seeds embedded in several layers of completely biodegradable paper. These seeds are then released as the paper disintegrates into your soil. Water it all, add some sunshine, and enjoy your harvest. Even if the amount of wrapping paper remains the same, at least it won’t end up in the trash and will be able to provide fresh vegetables to its lucky recipients.
For now, this only concerns certain vegetables, but we are quite entitled to imagine many other things, whether flowers, aromatic plants, or even fruit trees! (But in this case, we will have to be very patient to reap the benefits) Who knows? Perhaps this initiative will allow in the future to raise awareness among a greater number of people about ecology and the importance of recycling. If you are sensitive to this cause or you want to please a loved one, or for any other reason, you can go to Eden’s paper website for more information.
