Go Green This Holiday Season With Yahoo! Australia & NZ Greetings
SYDNEY, 11 November 2002 - Every holiday season Australians send out millions of Christmas greeting cards to friends, family and co-workers across the country and around the world - only to have many of those cards end up in the trash come New Year.
According to Planet Ark, Australians send out more than 260 million Christmas cards during the holidays. At approximately $4 per card, plus postage, that's millions of dollars being spent on sending Christmas cards, which end up as tonnes of material filling up the country's landfills - not to mention the number of trees needed to make the cards. This Christmas, consider a few alternatives to buying, sending and throwing out the traditional Christmas card and help save the environment as well as a few dollars.
Go Online
Sending greetings online is becoming an increasingly popular way to send holiday cards to friends and family without spending a cent, killing trees or taking up landfill space. By using a service such as Yahoo! Australia & NZ Greetings, there isn't any worry about sending holiday cards weeks in advance to ensure they arrive in time as Greetings can be sent instantly or scheduled to be sent on a specific date. Card senders can choose from a number of different designs - humourous, serious, animated, singing, dancing and more. Yahoo! Australia & NZ Greetings has more than 620 different Christmas e-cards available to suit every mood. It is also possible to upload a personal photo or image to create a customised holiday card to send to everyone. The same card can be sent to up to 20 email addresses and each message can be personalised with the recipient's name. In addition, the "My Greetings" inbox stores sent and received cards for 30 days, along with favorite e-cards and Greetings categories for quick and easy access.
Go Green
If buying Christmas cards to send out this year, consider buying cards printed on recycled paper. There are a number of environmentally-friendly companies and organizations that use recycled materials not only for Christmas cards but for holiday wrapping and decorations as well. Recycled cards are usually marked with a "recycled" symbol so they're easily identifiable.
After the holidays are over, don't throw out the Christmas cards - recycle them through a program such as Planet Ark's "Cards 4 Planet Ark" greeting card recycling campaign. Planet Ark recycling bins are available after the holidays in various retail outlets across the country, and individuals can simply drop off any unwanted cards into the bins. The cards are then recycled and turned into recycled paper products such as cardboard packaging and toilet tissue - saving a lot of trees and reducing landfill in the process.
Whether passing on season's greetings to family, friends or work colleagues, this Christmas help the environment as well as the hip-pocket and consider sending a fun or personalised online greeting instead of a paper one - or buy cards printed on recycled paper. And once the holidays are over, don't forget to recycle the Christmas cards instead of just throwing them into the trash.
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About Yahoo! Australia & NZ
Yahoo! Australia & NZ is one of the most recognised Internet brands in the
region. www.yahoo.com.au and the online auction site SOLD.com.au are part of
the global network of Yahoo! sites. By working with leading local companies,
Yahoo! Australia & NZ provides comprehensive online products and services to
over four million Australians and New Zealand consumers and businesses each
month. For marketers, government and businesses, the company offers
intelligent, innovative and integrated marketing, selling and Internet
broadcast solutions for maximum impact. Yahoo! Australia & NZ has offices in
Sydney and Melbourne and can be found on the Web at www.yahoo.com.au and
www.yahoo.co.nz.
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