It's that time of the year when most Americans finish Thanksgiving leftovers and plan their household centerpiece of the season: the Christmas tree.
It's that time of the year when most Americans finish Thanksgiving leftovers and venture out in search for the best holiday sales. More importantly, they plan their household centerpiece of the season: the Christmas tree.
"It's definitely a lot more nuanced and complex than you think," Andy Finton, the landscape conservation director and forest ecologist for the Nature Conservancy in Massachusetts, told CNN.The case for artificial trees Then there's the transportation aspect. According to the US Department of Commerce, most artificial Christmas trees are imported into the US from China, meaning the products are carried by fossil fuel-powered ships across the Pacific Ocean, then moved by heavy freight trucks before it ultimately lands on the distributor's shelves or the consumer's doorstep.
But Finton doesn't recommend pulling a Clark Griswold and chopping down a massive tree to haul home - especially if it's in an area you're not permitted for. He recommends getting a tree from a local farm, instead. "Real Christmas trees ending up in landfills is very much discouraged," Hundley said, adding that there needs to be "separate areas for yard waste where Christmas trees can go."
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