If you had a real Christmas tree this year how are you planning to get rid of it? Instead of sending it to the landfill consider
recycling it into wood chips for mulch or compost. It takes a pine tree a ridiculously long time to biodegrade in the landfill due to a lack of oxygen, so instead of trashing it check out
Earth 911's list of locations by state that will accept and recycle your tree. Or, if you've got the place for it, consider leaving your tree out in the yard for the winter to provide shelter for wildlife -- you can always recycle it into wood chips come spring.
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12-29-2007 @ 7:47AM
ollie said...
Surely the tree taking a ridiculously long time to bio-degrade could be seen as a benefit to to the environment, by locking up its carbon in the ground.
Infact maybe we should be selectivly felling forests and burying the trees, or turning them into long lasting products and structures that lock up the carbon for extended periods, and allows more trees to grow in the empty slots in the forest.
just a thought
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12-29-2007 @ 8:59AM
GeologyJoe said...
I like to burn my tree on New's Years Eve.
Its carbon neutral.
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12-30-2007 @ 5:31PM
Adam Stanhope said...
Burn, baby, burn!
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1-04-2008 @ 1:21PM
stewbeck said...
The Boy Scouts do a dune rebuilding project with old Christmas trees in St Augustine FL supergreen way of going green with your tree disposal!
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