Having a real Christmas tree is better

Okay , so there ’s a luck of debate out there whether it ’s “ greener ” to cut - your - own Christmas tree or to buy / expend an hokey Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree . The answer is simple : If you deal about the major planet , cut - your - own . Here ’s why :

1.For every tree that ’s cut - down for Christmas , three seedling are establish . This is a bourgeois approximation too – approximately 40 - 45 million tree diagram were planted on tree farms in 2008 according to the National Christmas Tree Association

2.85 % of artificial trees are ship all the way from China . The amount of carbon emissions that are produce to embark those trees to America are galactic , whereas , going to a local tree diagram farm only burns the amount of fuel it takes to drive a few mi .

3.Lead and PVC ( as well as an assortment of other chemical substance , heavy metals , and other non - renewable resources ) are used to make contrived trees . existent tree diagram are made of natural plant tissues .

4.Real tree diagram biodegrade , unreal ones do not . finally , all trees end up being thrown away . genuine trees breakdown over clock time ( or are recycled into mulch ) , but artificial trees which are shaping , baby-sit in landfills indefinitely .

And finally , you do n’t get that tremendous unexampled - pine aroma from a plastic Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree .

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