Disposable plastic cups are incredibly convenient to use when you're on the go or hosting a large event, but this convenience ...

For the eco-conscious, the Christmas tree quandary between real or artificial is prickly. When trying to decide between pine or plastic, experts are divided.

Then we moved to Sydney and bought a very realistic plastic Christmas tree. 50 years on and it is still going strong. — Garth, Port Macquarie. Decorated a plastic tree 40 years ago, put a big ...

When it comes to picking sustainable Christmas trees, here's why actual plants may beat plastic ‘Tis the season of debating which tree is "better" for the environment ...

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Natural Christmas trees are less harmful to the climate compared to plastic ones since they remove CO2 from the atmosphere and can have a positive effect on the ecosystem when alive.

The studies. The most recent U.S. analysis of the issue is from 2018, when a life cycle assessment — measuring the environmental impact of real and fake trees over the course of production to ...

Eco Talk: Why real Christmas trees are preferable over plastic. Frank Clarke, special to The Citizen Dec 6, 2024 Dec 6, 2024 Updated Jan 11, 2025; 0; Gary ...

It’s time to discuss one of the perennial debates of the holiday season: Which are more eco-friendly, real trees or their fake counterparts? If you ask Tim O’Connor, executive director of the National ...

Of course, O'Connor's organization represents Christmas tree farmers. Here's what studies and environmentalists say. The studies. The most recent U.S. analysis of the issue is from 2018, when a ...