How to make gift wrapping eco-friendly, sustainable

By Dee-Ann Durbin, The Associated Press
Growing unease about waste has some Americans rethinking wrapping paper.
Gift wrap is still a huge business. U.S. sales of wrapping paper climbed 4% to $8.14 billion last year, according to a recent report by Sundale Research. But sales of reusable gift bags rose faster, the company said. Sundale said it’s also closely watching green trends — like furoshiki, the Japanese art of wrapping with fabric — because they could impact gift wrap sa