Real Christmas Trees are ‘Greener’ than Fake
It may not sound like “tree-hugging,” but cutting down a real tree for Christmas is actually greener than going with the artificial kind.
Because of concerns over deforestation around the world, many people naturally worry that buying a real tree might contribute to that problem, Springer says. But most Christmas trees for sale these days are grown not in the forest but on tree farms, for the express purpose of being cut.
Live trees actively photosynthesize as they grow from saplings, which removes carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. The tree farms that grew the trees also replant after the trees are cut.
Artificial trees, on the other hand, don’t come out even in the carbon balance. Petroleum is used to make the plastics in the trees and lots of carbon dioxide-creating energy is required to make and transport them.
So get chopping guys and enjoy your beautiful real christmas tree without any guilt!
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Thanks for your article. As a Christmas tree grower here in Oregon http://www.oregonchristmastree.com , we know that Christmas tree farms are using environmentally sustainable farm practices in a labor intensive process that generates a lot of stable jobs in rural parts of the US. Our farm practices have been inspected by the Freer Group of Seattle, WA and certified by the Coalition of Environmentally Conscious Growers.
Compared to fake trees made of polyethylene and PVC that are manufactured and imported from China, the pro-environmental choice truly is the real Christmas tree.