Polling puts a price on wasteful Christmas spending

A rubbish bin in Liverpool overflows with wrapping paper and packaging from opened Christmas presents. (Photo by Peter Byrne - PA Images/PA Images via Getty Images) Credit: Peter Byrne - PA Images/PA Images via Getty Images

A survey has found more than a quarter of Australians expect to receive Christmas presents they will never use or wear. The research by the Australia Institute puts the value of these unwanted gifts at over $1 billion and says many of them will end up as landfill waste.

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Published 9 December 2024 6:00pm

By Greg Dyett

Presented by Yumi Oba

Source: SBS

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A survey has found more than a quarter of Australians expect to receive Christmas presents they will never use or wear. The research by the Australia Institute puts the value of these unwanted gifts at over $1 billion and says many of them will end up as landfill waste.

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