Waste Free Celebrations is a reusable celebration products business at 28 Whitford Park Road in Whitford, Manukau City. Its products are reusable 100% cotton gift bags, furoshiki wraps and reusable Christmas crackers, which the website says are patent pending and won a gold medal and editor's choice award at the Australian Clean & Conscious Awards. A sew-your-own kit makes ten gift bags from pre-cut cotton fabric, satin ribbon and thread. The website offers several collections, including Folk, Birthdays, Nutcracker and Scandi. Buying a box of crackers includes a free snap pack. The website says the products are made in Kabul, Afghanistan, where the business employs women, and that it ships only to the chosen country.
Reviewers say the gift bags saved them time wrapping and reduced paper waste. They describe the fabric as good quality and the bags as well made, and one family says Christmas is no longer stressful.