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Why Real Christmas Wreaths Are Better for the Environment

Conscientious consumers today concerned holiday season to pick up your Christmas
about the environment are taking the time trees and wreaths. They are chipped and
to consider the consequences of their made into mulch. However, Christmas
purchases. More and more people are wreaths are usually kept on doors far
making an effort to purchase products past the holiday season.
that use renewable resources. When it Real Christmas wreaths are a renewable
comes to buying a real, live Christmas resource. The trees are not cut down to
wreath or an artificial wreath many harvest the branches used for Christmas
people are choosing real. wreaths. Around 12 to 18 inches of the
Artificial wreaths are made from plastics branches are cut off or tipped as we say
and other petroleum based products. You'd in Maine. These branches continue to grow
have to be living on the moon to not know year after year. Real Christmas wreaths
that petroleum is not a renewable are more of a renewable resource than
resource. This alone should motivate even real Christmas trees. Even though
people to not purchase artificial Christmas tree farms typically plant up
wreaths. Most artificial wreaths are made to three more trees for every one they
in China whose demand for petroleum is cut down they are still cutting one down.
increasing by 25% a year as more Chinese Tipping trees is kind of like pruning
can afford to have cars. Petroleum is your shrubbery. The branches grow back.
used to make the plastic for artificial Live balsam fir trees used for Maine
wreaths and more petroleum is used to Christmas wreaths are the most fragrant
transport them to the United States. of all the fir varieties. Approximately
The biggest reason people buy artificial 85% of Maine is forests. Forests are very
wreaths is because they last for many important in the fight against global
years. They have an expected life of nine warming. Trees take carbon dioxide out of
or ten years. Most people don't keep them the atmosphere and release oxygen.
that long and of course they end up at Burning fossil fuels to produce plastics
the landfill where they will stay for adds carbon dioxide to the atmosphere
5000 years or more. contributing to global warming.
Live Christmas wreaths have many Consumers concerned about the environment
environmental benefits. They're should choose a live Christmas wreath
recyclable if you take the wires and over an artificial wreath as it is
rings off. Many communities have recyclable, renewable and less of a
recycling programs in place during the contributor to global warming.




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