We've always had cut, real Christmas trees in our house. They look nice and used to have a lovely smell, especially in the morning if the room door was closed overnight. The Nordman Fir (?) type dropped less but had no smell. Now I think even the original dropping type trees have little or no smell.
There being no decent aroma anymore and allowing for all the clearing/disposal hassle, I plan this year to have a reusable plastic one shipped all the way from China via a high street store. The plastic one will probably last say 10 years before it needs replacement.
So, in a typical Christmas tree owning household over say 50 years what's best for the environment? 50 cut down pine type trees, later dumped for landfill (or maybe used for animal food I believe) or 5 plastic ones ?
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