Welcome back to our Zero Food Waste Series, where we share how you can save your dollars and the planet! 🌎
Join Educator Ella as she shares how we can reduce food waste and cut down on holiday plastics!🎄
Did you know tinsel garland is plastic-based and therefore takes at least 450 years to decompose in a landfill!? 🤯
Let’s make this holiday season eco-friendly by creating our own garlands from leftover citrus peels! 🍋
Here’s how:
💚Collecting Citrus Peels:
Save the peels from your juiced and consumed citruses.
💚Preparing Citrus Peels:
Remove what's left from the inside, leaving just the citrus peels.
💚Cutting Shapes:
Select the cookie cutter shape of your choice and cut out shapes from the peels.
💚Making Holes:
Using a toothpick or a needle, poke a hole in the citrus shapes.
💚Drying the peel:
Let the peels air dry for 1 day.
💚Assembling the Garland:
Choose material for attaching citrus shapes, such as thread, yarn, twine, etc and thread through the holes.
💚Decorate:
Wrap your finished garland around your Christmas tree, hang from fairy lights or use as a wall display! 🤩
♻️When you are done with your citrus peel garland, remember to compost the dried peel and re-use the string!
How are you reducing your waste this holiday season?
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