The holidays are a special time of year for families, friends, and communities. It’s the season to come together, make memories, and enjoy festive decorations. Among those decorations are Christmas trees – either real or artificial. While real Christmas trees have a certain charm, there are significant environmental benefits to opting for giant artificial trees instead.
How Opting for Artificial Trees Reduces Environmental Impact During the Holidays
For starters, one of the most significant environmental benefits of choosing an artificially-constructed tree is that it eliminates the need for cutting down an actual tree from a forest – something which can be damaging to the environment if not done responsibly. As an example, when considering purchasing a real Christmas tree in the United States, it’s important to be aware that upwards of six acres of public forests are logged each month in order to provide these products for purchase. In other words – buying a real tree requires you to take part in potentially harmful deforestation practices.
On the other hand, selecting an artificial tree doesn’t require any resources from nature at all – thus helping prevent deforestation and its associated consequences (such as habitat loss). Furthermore, while some artificial trees are made with plastic components (which can contain hazardous materials such as phthalates) many modern-day manufacturers now use recyclable materials such as steel and aluminum. This is important because unlike plastic components these materials don’t off-gas dangerous chemicals into your home during their lifetime or decomposition after they have been used up or disposed of.
Another benefit of selecting artificial over real Christmas trees revolves around water conservation. While some people may assume that needing minimal watering makes a real tree more sustainable than their artificial counterpart this isn’t necessarily true – due to irrigation practices needed for growing and maintaining them on farms for sale purposes. On average each year upwards of 9 billion gallons of precious water is used exclusively for Christmas tree production in the US alone – making it clear why opting for an alternative is beneficial from an environmental standpoint alone.
The Long-Term Benefits of Investing in Artificial Trees for Your Holiday Decor
Beyond decreasing reliance on natural resources and lowering water consumption there is also another unique advantage offered by choosing giant artificial Christmas trees over smaller ones: They last longer! Depending on how well you care for them, some giant fake trees can last anywhere from 10 to 20 years before needing replacement – which means you won’t need to buy new ones nearly as often as you would if you had opted for a real one every several seasons instead. Plus even when they do reach end-of-life simply dispose properly and recycle them at designated centers; this is better than throwing away cut down real trees year after year impacting landfill space too significantly too soon!
All in all it’s clear that opting for giant artificial Christmas trees comes with quite a few environmental benefits including reducing deforestation effects; recycling versus off-gassing dangerous chemicals; decreased reliance on natural resources like fresh water; plus lasting longer so fewer replacements will be needed over time – ultimately saving both money and resources overall!