Eco-Friendly Wrapping Paper

Eco-friendly wrapping paper from EndoPrint

Its the shopping, wrapping, gift-giving frenzy time.  Did you know that “the volume of household waste in the United States generally increases 25 percent between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day,” per the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)?

You can chalk up a fair amount of that increased waste to gift wrap.  At least that’s the case at my house!

Eco-friendly wrapping paper seems like a no-brainer, but not very much of the wrapping products on the market are made from recycled materials.  In fact, most wrapping paper is made from only partially recycled material.

Here in Bend, Oregon, however, a husband-wife team decided to change that, by establishing EndoPrint in 2008.  Creating 100% post-consumer waste recycled wrapping paper (a sample is pictured above)  The green gift wrap uses soy-based, nontoxic inks and costs about $4 for 20×38 or 26×38 inch sheets.  Printed in cool, contemporary and retro-style designs, the eco-friendly wrapping paper can help you feel even better about your gift-giving this season!

According to Brian Daly, founder of EndoPrint, their gift wrap is greener than most on the market:

“You can say you’re 100 percent recycled, but 50 percent may be from post-consumer and 50 percent may be from recycled wood sources like leftover wood pulp.”

EndoPrint uses 100% post-consumer waste recycled paper, which is paper that has been recycled by consumers (kept out of a landfill), then broken down and repulped into post-consumer waste paper.

If you live in Central Oregon, you can find EndoPrint eco-friendly wrapping paper at Serendipity Cards, Paper and Treasures in the Old Mill District.  Don’t worry if you don’t live in my neck of the woods, however – you can get the beautiful, green gift wrap online at www.endoprint.com.