Create Memories Not Garbage

Create memories, not garbage.

This season, celebrate with less waste.

Try doing just one thing differently to create memories and reduce waste this holiday season. We’ve collected hundreds of ideas to make having a low-waste Christmas simple and stress free.

After Christmas

Gift Ideas

Wrap Wise

Food

Shopping online this year?

If you can’t reuse the shipping materials, know how to recycle them.

Learn more

Find gift ideas by price range

Christmas Cheer

Local artists Ben & Dan help spread low-waste Christmas cheer and ideas throughout the Metro Vancouver region.

Create Memories Carol

Low-Waste Gift Challenge

Recycling an Advent Calendar

Gift Wrap Recycling Challenge

Shipping Packaging Recycling Challenge

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Metro Vancouver acknowledges that the region’s residents live, work, and learn on the shared territories of many Indigenous peoples, including 10 local First Nations: Katzie, Kwantlen, Kwikwetlem, Matsqui, Musqueam, Qayqayt, Semiahmoo, Squamish, Tsawwassen, and Tsleil-Waututh.

Metro Vancouver respects the diverse and distinct histories, languages, and cultures of First Nations, Métis, and Inuit, which collectively enrich our lives and the region.