Barometer: How much do we throw away over the Christmas period?

Festive waste: How much do we throw away over the Christmas period?

— 1 billion Christmas cards.
— 83 sq km of wrapping paper (enough to plaster the whole of Brighton and Hove with festive greetings).
— 125,000 tonnes plastic packaging.
— Six million Christmas trees (as many as there are trees in Epping Forest and all London’s parks put together).
— 4200 tonnes of aluminium foil, enough to manufacture 14 Boeing 747s.
Source: Envirowaste

This is an extract from Barometer, in the Christmas issue of the Spectator