Looking for an eco-friendly advent calendar that’s kind to the planet as well as being a joy to open? As the festive season draws ever closer, the time for advent calendars is drawing close.
The appeal of advent calendars is universal – a little treat to start your day with, but unfortunately these are often housed in rather non sustainable materials and generate a lot of waste. However, with refillable designs, reusable calendars and other creativity on the rise, more brands are rethinking how we count down to Christmas and how we can be more friendly to the planet.
Here’s a look at some of the best eco friendly advent calendars doing things a little differently this year… festive excitement doesn’t need to come wrapped in single use plastic!
Bird and Blend Tea Advent Calendar
Start your day right with a cup of tea and what better than a Bird and Blend tea! This advent calendar contains 24 hand blended tea flavours and you’re treated to 2 tea bags a day… meaning 48 cups in total! For tea lovers, that sounds like absolute heaven and it also contains a brand new mystery blend… colour us intrigued!
Eco Highlights:
- 100% plastic free
- Vegan friendly
- 1 tree planted fort every calendar
Price: £39.50
The Yorkshire Soap Co Advent Calendar
Soap fans – get your years’ worth of soap in this fabulous advent calendar from The Yorkshire Soap Company. These eco friendly soaps are infused with pure essential oils and natural extracts to cleanse and moisturise your skin. This calendar boasts 12 full size botanical soap bars for a sudsy experience.
Eco Highlights
- All their soaps are made in small batches
- All botanical soap bars are naked within the calendar, but are placed in a plastic tray within the cardboard outer shell
- All items are recyclable but there is plastic present in the box from the plastic trays
- Handmade in Yorkshire
Price: £35
Lush Advent Calendar Refill
Lush have taken it one step further in helping to reduce waste by encouraging you to reuse last years packaging rather than throwing it away. This is a great way to still get the daily advent treats, without having extra packaging around – featuring a range of their gorgeous products including body lotion, bath bombs, bubble bars, soaps and more. An absolute treat!
Lush have a range of advent calendars to pick from too if you haven’t already got one, all using 100% recycled board fibres and naked packaging for their products within the calendar itself.
Eco Highlights
- Naked packaging for the products themselves – so there’s no additional waste
- 100% recycled board fibres.
- Ribbons are made from recycled plastic bottles
- As this is a refill – there’s less packaging waste
Price: £179
WUKA Period Positive Advent Calendar
This is a first of its kind – here’s a period advent calendar! This period advent calendar Is designed to support your full lifestyle including products for day-to-day and even for swimming… and even a heat pad to bring some relief and comfort! Love that it is empowering and normalising talking about periods.
Eco Highlights
- WUKA is a A B-Corp Certified business
- Period underwear is an eco friendly alternative to other period products like pads and tampons
- Made from organic certified materials
- WUKA is a certified Carbon Neutral+ brand
Price: £120
Another great option you have is buying a fabric advent calendar and filling one yourself. A wonderful, personalised gift for a loved one as you can really select items that mean something to them.
These sustainable advent calendars bring the joy without the waste… perfect for treating yourself or someone special!
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