Vivienne Anthon is a gift wrapping expert and she spends each December educating Australians on how not to waste — or get tangled up in — paper. 'Most people use four or five times more paper than they need,' she says.
It's been five years since Ms Anthon left the corporate world as a consultant for the Australian Institute of Management to become a professional wrapper and, in that time, the war on waste has well and truly taken hold.Advertisement
It's "the most bizarre thing in the universe", but after watching hundreds of Australians try to wrap presents, she says it is obvious most of us don't think the process through and end up wasting plenty of materials. Mr Dam oversees the brands Wrap Co and Inky Co, which supply paper for complementary gift wrapping services across the country. Over the years the business has had to face up to the environmental impact of paper goods, and has an environmental impact statement detailing its investments in renewables projects, including Hepburn wind farm in Victoria.
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