"Wrapping paper is single use packaging. It's pretty single use packaging, but it is single use packaging. I want to keep that tradition. I love giving gifts. I love Christmas, I want all the trimmings. I just want to do it better."

In this episode, hear from Emma Conyngham, founder of Coralus Venture Waste Free Celebrations. Emma joins Development Guide MJ Ryan to discuss how she started the business, the global problem of single-use packaging during holiday seasons, and employing refugees, informed by her time living and working in Afghanistan as an aid worker.

They also discuss:

• The move next year to help one of her employees set up a business in Afghanistan
• Partnering with other Coralus Ventures to expand to 2 other holidays, including Matariki
• The recent Venture retreat and NZ Summit
• What's next for Waste Free Celebrations: including getting into gift wrap stations in malls and expanding to retail spaces.

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