Compared to traditional wrapping paper, a gift bag offers superior ... and inventive ways to decorate a gift bag. These ideas ...

Plain wrapping paper can be recycled ... And unflattened boxes take up more room in recycling trucks – causing crews to make more trips.

And while there are plenty of sustainable solutions (like wrapping gifts with fabric or making fabric gift bags), there's still nothing quite like ripping open paper on Christmas morning.

But with searches for sustainable wrapping paper up by 24 ... pouches are easy to make and can be reused by the person receiving your gift – either again as a gift bag, or for travel and storage.