Where to Buy Recycled Christmas Cards

This year, Americans will send 2.1 billion cards during the holidays. Most of these cards are made from virgin paper, and most of them end up in the trash after the holidays.

Creating cards from recycled paper not only saves virgin forest, but it also takes less energy to create paper from recycled materials than virgin materials. So if you’re looking for a way to reduce your environmental impact this year, here are some places where you can find recycled Christmas cards. Happy shopping!

Gallery Collection
You’ll find two types of cards in their Environmentally Friendly Christmas Card category – recycled paper cards and wind power cards. Cards are marked with icons to let you easily see which ones are made at low-impact, emissions-free mills powered by wind-generated, renewable energy, which ones are made from recycled paper, and which ones are made from raw materials that have been certified by the Forest Stewardship Council.

Holiday Classics
Holiday Classics offers a variety of recycled holiday cards, some of which are also printed with soy ink. Detailed card descriptions help you determine which cards have 100% recycled content, post-consumer content or soy ink printing.

Pear Tree
Yes, you CAN find recycled photo Christmas cards online! In addition to offering a nice selection of regular recycled holiday greeting cards, Pear Tree also offers recycled photo cards that contain 100% post-consumer fibers. Simply choose your design and upload a digital image to create your own eco-friendly photo card for the holidays.

Fine Stationery
Although they don’t have a category specifically for recycled greetings, Fine Stationery has over a dozen designs you’ll find if you search for recycled Christmas cards on their site. Some contain post-consumer fiber. You’ll just need to read the descriptions to discover which ones.

Sierra Club
The Sierra Club’s holiday cards offer beautiful images of nature on them and come on recycled paper with soy inks. Plus, you’ll be supporting their environmental efforts with each purchase.

Greenfield Paper
In addition to offering 16 recycled card designs, Greenfield Paper also offers recycled gift wrap.