Plastic or pine: Which Christmas tree is the greenest choice?

Real trees sequester carbon while they're growing, and they can be chipped and composted afterwards. You need to reuse artificial trees for at least 10 to 20 years to offset their production emissions
Plastic or pine: Which Christmas tree is the greenest choice?

Real or fake: which christmas tree is the most environmentally friendly choice? 

Ah, Christmas trees, the heart of our festive homes, decked out in glitter, lights, and more baubles than sense. But is your Christmas tree friend or foe to the planet? Is the plastic version a sustainable saint or a synthetic sinner? And does cutting down a real tree every year make you an eco-Grinch?

Grab a mince pie, because the answer is complicated.

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