A SCROOGE-like quango is telling the general public to ditch crackers and wrapping paper this Christmas in a bid to go inexperienced.
Nannying eco-chiefs on the Surroundings Company are urging Brits to ditch the festive favourites as “wasteful” and “laden with glitter”.
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They are saying households ought to go for recyclable choices as an alternative to avoid wasting the planet.
New steerage presents a listing of pen-pusher accepted eco-options for households to make use of as an alternative.
Among the many finger-wagging recommendation is to wrap presents in newspapers or “re-use final 12 months’s paper”.
The federal government physique – which is overseen by the Division for Surroundings – additionally suggests avoiding shop-bought Christmas crackers instead of home-made ones that use “FSC-certified, recyclable paper”.
Conventional crackers are chastised as “laden with glitter” and “full of plastic toys and presents which are shortly thrown away”.
Alongside what to keep away from, they provide an accepted record of current concepts.
House-made jam, home-knitted socks and reusable make-up remover wipes are all on the good record.
Blasting the fun-busting final night time, Labour MP Margaret Hodge stated: “After crashing the economic system and filling Britain’s water with sewage, it takes a breath-taking lack of self-awareness for Scrooge-like ministers to tut their approach by the general public’s Christmas dinners.
“They need to get on with their jobs relatively than waste time with miserly humbugging.”
Defra declined to remark.
