What's better for the environment? Real or Fake christmas trees?

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shaymayca1

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Real trees need to be cut down every year. Fake trees can be reused. Real trees are biodegradable. Fake tress are not (as far as i know). Real trees need water. Fake do not. Real trees need to be transported from they are grown every year. Fake only need to be transported once, but from a further distance such as china. Real trees are often painted/colored after they are cut. Fake are not. 'Making' real tress takes pollutants out of the air. Making fake trees put pollutants in the air. When the season is done, you throw away real trees and pack away fake ones. (when fake trees are disposed they go into the landfill) With all factors taken into consideration, what is better for the environment? Real of fake christmas trees?
 
The fake ones, since, over the course of several years, more pollutants would probably be put into transporting the real trees than in the manufacturing of the fake ones.
 
In many countries (including Canada), the real Christmas trees you buy are farmed, they are not wild trees being harvested.
They take less energy to grow (fake trees are manufactured so they use energy to make them, which contributes to greenhouse gases) and can (and in many places are) sent to compost.

Ultimately, a real tree is a renewable recycling product, a fake tree is not.
 
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