You're giving all the best sustainable gifts this year, but how are you wrapping them? Much of the waste produced during the holiday season is unrecyclable wrapping paper, tape, ribbon, tissue paper, and gift bags. Avoid it all and wrap your gifts in our organic cotton reusable Furoshiki wraps instead!
Furoshiki wraps are a sustainable, reusable, and versatile alternative to disposable gift wrapping. With just one square piece of fabric, you'll be able to wrap everything from books to bottles — with zero hassle or waste, and for many years to come.
Furoshiki (pronounced foo-roh-shee-kee) is a traditional Japanese fabric wrap, dating back more than 1200 years. Traditionally, it was used by noble families to wrap their clothes when visiting public baths. Their wraps featured their family's crest, so as to tell their belongings from another's. Today's demand for eco-conscious alternatives has resurged interest in furoshiki internationally.
**If you have purchased Furoshiki wraps from us in the past, please note the size dimensions below, as they are different than past wraps.**
Organic Cotton Furoshiki Wraps Quick Details:
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Limited Release! Only available during the holiday season.
- A reusable and versatile alternative to disposable gift wrapping
- Made in the US with 100% organic cotton fabric and eco-friendly ink
- Features original, hand-painted artwork
- Machine-washable
- Vegan
🎁 Don't forget the card! Check out our plantable seed paper greeting cards for the perfect sustainable gift.
Size
Small Wraps: 13" x 13" (great for gifts about the size of a jewelry box or deck of cards)
Medium Wraps: 18" x 18" (great for gifts about the size of a tissue box)
Large Wraps: 27" x 27" (great for gifts about the size of a shoebox)
Material
100% organic cotton with polyester thread and sewn-in tags
To Use
Check out our full guide for 6 different ways to wrap a Furoshiki — for everything from wine bottles to books.
Care
Our furoshiki wraps can be machine washed with other laundry you're already doing. We recommend washing in cold water and hanging to dry to extend their life. If your Furoshiki wraps become wrinkled, they can be ironed with a regular clothes iron.
Packaging + End of Life
These wraps are packaged on cardboard with a paper wrap and info card, all of which can be curbside recycled with paper.
These wraps should last you many, many years with proper care. When they reach the end of their life, the thread and tag should be removed and discarded, and the fabric can be cut up and composted or sent to a responsible textile recycler.
Origin
Made in Washington, D.C.
Ethical Guarantees
Give-Back Program
Made in the USA
Organic
Palm Oil Free
Vegan
Woman-owned
🌎 You care about the planet. So do we.
Look. I get it. It’s HARD to be an EcoWarrior. Someone who cares about the planet and wants the most sustainable products available — from the ingredients to the packaging to the way that product gets to your hands.
It seems like everywhere we turn, someone, somewhere, is greenwashing us.
But our superpower at A Drop in the Ocean is sorting through the BS, calling it out, and making sure our products are the absolute most sustainable and truly zero waste products we can find.
So on top of all the things we mentioned above about what makes our furoshiki gift wrap so sustainable, here’s a few other things you should know:
- We’re actually practicing what we preach behind the scenes. Each year, we track and record all of our trash, and we wrote a whole blog post on it. The tl;dr version is this: on average, we produce less than 0.5 pounds of trash each month. Everything from the packaging our products come in down to the Sharpie we use to write “Fragile” on your box is zero waste to its core.
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We’re an online-only zero waste store — which is highly intentional. It may seem counter-intuitive, but online shopping is actually more sustainable than in-person. I’m a data nerd at heart and I love diving into the research, and there are countless studies that have shown that online shopping is the most sustainable way to get your everyday essentials. Don’t believe me? Check out our whole blog post on the sustainability of online shopping.
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We ship ugly boxes. Your order from A Drop in the Ocean is not going to arrive in a pretty, branded box. It’s gonna show up in a reused tea box, or a donated Amazon box, or maybe even an inside-out Girl Scout Cookies box. All of our shipping materials are always 100% plastic-free and reused as much as possible, with curbside-recyclable paper tape and a post-consumer recycled paper shipping label. It won’t be pretty, but it will be zero waste.
Got more questions about our zero waste products or our practices behind the scenes? Just send us an email! I’m always happy to chat all things eco.
