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Plastic Free Tape

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Plastic Free Tape ⭐⭐⭐⭐/⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Why Try This Alternative? Presents are a big part of Christmas, a celebration of love and gratitude to those around you. Part of Christmas that I enjoy is buying and wrapping presents, it always makes me feel very festive. I saw plastic free tape as a way to make this more sustainable. I probably use about 3 or 4 pieces of tape per present, so although it represents a very small amount of plastic, any opportunity to change is a good one. My Swap For this trial, I had a whole team of helpers. Three different households, trying two different types of plastic free tape: A paper tape from StikkyTape (£3.88 for 50m, 7.8p per meter) A plant based tape from Sellotape (£2.50 for 30m, 8.3p per meter) In comparison, Sellotape charge between 4 and 2.6p per meter for their non biodegradable tape. Our Findings For the brown paper tape there was the general consensus that it was very good, but not so pretty. This year my family has been wrapping the majority of our pres