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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Just donate the gifts. How can you possibly not know this? [/quote]

Not OP, but we really need to get out of the mentality that isn't NBD to keep buying junk and imposing it on others. Climate change is real. Some of this is junk that absolutely nobody wants. It would be nice if these "givers" understand the true gift is  being a kind and lovely person, not doing a junk dump on someone who asked you to stop repeatedly. The landfills are overflowing with crap. Just stop. I think it needs to become more socially acceptable to just not accept it at all and let them figure out what to do with it or hopefully stop. When someone asks you to stop giving gifts and you continue, you are not a big hearted person or some overly giving person who is unappreciated. It's obnoxious behavior.[/quote]

Agree with you.  The whole "donation" option has given people an faux ethical excuse to keep up the whole excessive consumption cycle and continue destroying the earth.[/quote]

What do you suggest? (In the case of requests for stopping the gifts being ignored)?[/quote]

I don't have a great answer.  But one thing could be to really clearly communicate your environmental values and preferences for a plastic-free, earth-friendly, sustainable, zero-waste gift, and praise them when they follow that guideline.  There are a lot of websites and resources now for sustainable gift ideas.[/quote]

You could share a gift idea resource like this one:
https://zerowastenerd.com/01-zero-waste-gift-ideas
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