Sustainable Christmas Tree

A look at sustainable christmas packaging trends.

Sustainable christmas tree. In addition to their freshly cut trees garden centers often offer a selection of living trees still growing with. However if your last resort is a real christmas tree a branch of pine trees ensure it has the fsc certification logo. It will ultimately do its job. That said seven million real trees will be dumped in january rather than recycled.

You could invest a little more for one that you could later use to improve your landscape serve as a wind barrier. Potted christmas trees waiting for their forever homes. This proves the pine tree was grown ethically and hence promoting sustainability. It continues to grow and add value around your home maturing to an enduring growing commemoration of this season.

An environmentally friendly option is to rent your christmas tree for the festive season. Rented christmas trees are living trees so they absorb carbon dioxide and emit oxygen which is great for air quality. If your city offers such reserved christmas trees it s only fair that you decorate the tree with eco friendly materials. Real cut trees are some of the most popular options and have obvious environmental benefits if purchased and disposed mindfully.

This without a doubt is the most ethical and sustainable option. Five or ten years ago some green conscious consumers felt confident that an artificial christmas tree was a better alternative to cutting down a live tree. Welcome to eco beyond the home of sustainable eating and living. But a third and more sustainable option may make sense for some families an actual living christmas tree.

Real christmas trees are much more sustainable than artificial alternatives. Christmas trees in pots differ from those that are cut down in not monopolising large areas of land. As could a cardboard gift tag with a personal message that transforms into a sustainable bauble or a plant a tree programme. In fact one study concluded you d have to use your fake fir for 20 years for it to be greener.

The right packaging can guarantee your product is the first thing picked off the shelf and the most talked about item under the tree. It is increasingly possible to find real trees in pots which can be brought inside in winter then nurtured in the garden until the next christmas. It is more like rent a christmas tree only that you don t get to carry the tree home. Don t resort to a plastic tree that gets dragged dustily out of the loft each year.

Christmas tree farms grow trees just to be cut down and they replace each felled tree with between one to three saplings to keep a healthy supply of product. For those of you that celebrate the holiday and spend good money on freshly cut trees why not consider a living christmas tree this year.