With the cliché hustle and bustle of the holiday behind us, and the need to sugar coat everything also gone, it is time to look at the mountain of waste, exploited resources and seeming disregard for humanity that the holiday season has left in its wake. Not to ruin your sugar-plum dreams with the taste of eggnog still fresh in your mouth, but living in the consumer culture that we do, Christmas is one of - if not the largest - waste creating holidays, and, what is most upsetting, is that it is whole-heartedly encouraged on many fronts.
Though it will be difficult to completely change the face of a consumer, and wasteful, Christmas, there are many different ways that the amount of waste can be cut down significantly for next years holiday season. Lights Many houses have already adorned themselves with new energy saving LED lights.
