Countdown to Christmas: 55 Days
With less than two months until the Holiday season approaches, Earth 911 would like to remind its readers to invest in a real Christmas tree this year instead of an artificial tree.
Real Christmas trees are much more environmentally-friendly than ones made of plastic, but make sure you recycle them using Earth 911′s recycling database.
For other good holiday tips, check out this Earth 911 article.
As of June 17th 2011 we have upgraded our comment system to use Facebook comments. The below comments are closed and are listed for historical purposes.
mike
posted on November 1st, 2007 at 3:57 pm
Why not go one better whenever you can and buy a live Christmas tree which you can plant afterwards? If you want it can be a local species too, it does not have to be a generic pine tree!
patriciab
posted on November 2nd, 2007 at 8:45 am
Real Christmas trees are much more environmentally-friendly than ones made of plastic….
I’ve been thinking alot about Christmas trees, and I don’t think it is accurate to say they are much more enviro-friendly than reusable trees. The production of commercial, mono-crop, Christmas trees requires inputs of preticides, herbicides, water and energy to farm and transport the trees each year. While they are alive, the trees do clean the air, but I’m beginning to doubt that, in the long run, growing and buying a new tree every year is preferable to buying one articifial tree and using it for 10 or 15 years. I’d like to see any facts you have to support your claim.
theosuperstar
posted on November 4th, 2007 at 2:45 pm
Here’s a better idea yet. Just don’t get a tree at all whether it be artificial or real. We used to get them until about 5 years ago. No tree….no waste.
jdf11
posted on November 5th, 2007 at 2:30 pm
Why not just do like Frank Costanza, and get an Aluminum Festivus Pole, with a little bit of tensil at the top. Sorry, couldn’t resist…hopeless Seinfeld fan.
grnolagirl
posted on November 6th, 2007 at 8:52 am
If you’re going to buy a real tree, why not go to a local tree farm and cut your own (Depending on your area and region). That way you will know if they use pesticides and herbicides or how much machinery they use to grow and harvest the trees. At the end of the season, there is no waste for the farmer and no trees are thrown out at the farm. Your helping out local growers and you can have fun at the same time!