Nordstroms transitioning to eco-friendly boxes and bags

Seattle company Nordstrom has announced that they are introducing environmentally-friendly packaging options for customers. Nordstrom's is famous for their trademark silver gift boxes, which cannot be recycled because of the foil coating. Starting in April, they will start using boxes that are fully recyclable and tissue paper that contains 30% recycled content. Their new bags will also be fully recyclable.

Brave New Leaf encourages shoppers to use a simple canvas tote instead of new packaging material, but still applauds Nordstrom for taking the step forward!