Some 22 per cent of men say the environmental effects of the gifts they purchase is 'not at all important'. This figure dropped to 14 per cent for women. Photograph: Alamy/PA
Did you get an unwanted gift this Christmas? In cupboards all over Ireland, you can be sure there are bath bombs, slippers, boardgames, gadgets and novelty items never to be used by the recipient.
Manufacturers and retailers love all of this gifting – but the planet, not so much.
Think of all the resources, energy and pollution that go into making and transporting tens of thousands of pairs of novelty reindeer head slippers, for example, complete with a flashing nose –
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