From holidays to birthdays, picking out the perfect gift for someone you love is a classic way to celebrate. No gift is complete until it's wrapped, but traditional wrapping paper often falls flat.

Katherine Martinko is an expert in sustainable living. She holds a degree in English Literature and History from the University of Toronto. Wrapping paper may have "paper" in its name, but that ...

1:27 QUIZ: Do you recycle it or trash it? This is what you should do with common holiday items The presents have all been opened, leaving behind a mountain of crumpled wrapping paper, ribbons, tape ...

People spend so much time and money on gift wrapping. But why do we do it, and how did wrapping paper become what is today? It is estimated that Americans spend $2.6 billion on wrapping paper a year.