Where to Buy Eco-Friendly Christmas Cards

Christmas is coming and this holiday creates more wasted paper products than any other holiday. It is important to show people that you are thinking of them around this holiday, but showing that you care and offering your season's greetings does not mean that you have to trash the environment at the same time. There are great options out there for eco-friendly Christmas cards. I want to share some of these options with you and hopefully you will be able to find one that you will use to help make your Christmas holiday a little greener.

Buying Eco-friendly Cards

The key to buying eco-friendly Christmas cards is to check the back of the package and be sure that what you are buying is made from 100% recycled materials. There are many recycled options available at stores around Christmas time, but I would mainly like to let you know where they are available online.

-Pristine Planet offers a wide variety of eco-friendly holiday cards. Their site states straight out if they are recycled, socially responsible, handmade, made in the USA, sustainable, nontoxic, fair trade, or biodegradable to make it easy for you to be environmentally conscious even when helping out another cause. They have a great variety of items that will cost you anywhere between $1.50 and $20.

-Sweet Organics and Naturals offers a pretty good variety of eco-friendly tree free greeting cards. Many are printed on hemp card stock and use soy based inks. They also offer cards that come with seeds that will allow the recipient to plant their card in the spring and remember you every time they see their plant growing and that little plant will be helping the environment.

-Moon Shine cards is a company based out of West Virginia. They use recycled paper to make their cards in addition to vegetable based inks.

-Papemelroti is a company based out of the Philippines. Although there is not much of a description on their website to let you know it, they use recycled paper to make their cards and all of their materials are earth friendly.

-Etsy.com has new items added by various people every day. There are always many eco-friendly options there and the closer to Christmas it gets, the more options you will have there. You will be able to find cards made from recycled paper, card that are embedded with seeds so you can plant them, and other eco-friendly Christmas card options.

-Hallmark has eco-friendly Christmas cards; however it would be easier to find these in an actual store than from their website. Their website does not specifically list which items are eco-friendly or made from recycled paper, but by going to the store, you can check the packaging to be sure that you are buying eco-friendly.

More Eco-friendly Card Options...

Reuse Old Christmas Cards

You probably have a lot of old Christmas cards from last year saved up. If not, you should easily be able to find some available at a thrift store. You can use the photo half of the card as a postcard. By cutting the front of the card off, you have doubled the life of the card.

E-Card

I know that sometimes I am hesitant to send out e-cards because I don't want to seem cheap or lazy, but in reality, this would be the ideal method of sending out an eco-friendly Christmas card. This will save you money and help the environment. By sending an e-card through a website that promotes environmental awareness such as The Rainforest Site, not only will your message of holiday wishes get through loud and clear, but the recipient will also be able to tell that you aren't being cheap, you are being eco-friendly.