What should I do with my Christmas Tree?

[Christmaslover1]

Trying to be really sustainable this year but don't know whether to use my old plastic Christmas tree I've had for years (it's falling apart), or if to buy a real tree or just a new fake tree? Does anyone have any suggestions? 🌲🎅

Don't know about the real vs new fake tree but upcycling the old tree into a garland or something is probably the most sustainable thing to do with that.

Buy a real tree in a pot so you can put it in the garden and reuse?

When my fake tree dies I'll buy another, but one that will at least last 10 years.

This might help you make your decision:

www.independent.co.uk/life-style/christmas/christmas-tree-real-living-artificial-plastic-environment-carbon-footprint-a9235551.html?amp

I get a real tree each year from a company with sustainable forests, who also subsidise the planting of trees in the third world for every tree purchased.
After Epiphany, I cut the tree up and compost it. I loathe plastic trees, and don’t want to encourage their manufacture from petrochemicals.

We bought a new fake tress this year. The old one is in good condition but just too big for the room since we had a bug move around.

I advertised the old one of a local Facebook group and a lady is coming to collect it for her daughter who has just escaped DV and can't afford a tree for the kids.

If old fake trees are in good condition please consider donating to someone who could really want it.

@OnTheRunWithMannyMontana 😱how big was the bug????

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@Christmaslover1

I have a 'fake' tree. He's not 'plastic' as such, but I'm sure it'll be something considered unsustainable now.

the year I moved in here, I wasn't going to bother with a tree, but I took some stuff to the Church Charity shop in the village & he was stood there looking a bit sad & sorry for himself. I thought we were a good fit for each other & I paid the grand sum of £1.50 & brought him home to be loved. He's still here 12 years on .I'd love a 'real' one, but I really don't have room for two in this shoe box. (Divorce sucks!!) & I couldn't leave him sad & lonely in the loft over Christmas.

if I didn't have him, I'd get a living tree. I don't have a garden, so I'd 'rent' one where they deliver it, collect it, babysit it, feed & water it & bring it back the next Christmas.

We always have a real one because we don't have space to store an artificial one. Our local hospice charges around £10 to collect them after Christmas, then they chip them and sell the chippings, so they benefit twice.

I'd either get a potted real one that you can reuse each year or a good quality artificial that will last. My artificial tree is around 15yrs old and still looks great, nothing damaged or fading. I kept it in the box as long as i could for protection then moved it to a tree bag, keeps it all tidy and reduces the risk of branches being bent out of shape