Saving & re-using wrapping paper is a multi-green approach.

Every year, masses of wrapping paper thrown away take tolls on the wallets of millions. And the gift-ready décor often goes straight to landfills. 

But there are better choices out there, like recycling, especially because some nonprofits gather recycled paper in order to fundraise for themselves to help their operating budgets. So recycling is also a way of supporting your community and a cause you care about genuinely.
 

Adapting to instead saving and recycling wrapping paper means not spending new money on it in 2013 and future years. That's one way of saving green, and a nice one at that.

Also consider keeping gift bags, bows, and ribbon in good condition so you can use them again as well by next winter and other holidays and birthdays. Shoeboxes and boxes of other kinds are another good idea for how to package gifts in a less costly way.