Holiday Sustainability Tips

The Hillsborough Sustainability Department and the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection have some tips for celebrating the holidays sustainably. To conserve energy, use LED lights for decorating your tree and home. Give "experience" gifts instead of material ones, or gifts that save energy like programmable thermostats. If you'll be getting a live tree, consider one with the root ball still attached and wrapped in burlap, so it can be planted in your yard after the holidays. For more tips, you can visit nj.gov/dep or sustainablehillsborough.com. Happy holidays!