Are artificial xmas trees worse for the environment than real trees?

Estelle Weyl

Our tree is 34 years old. And most of it is aluminum, not plastic.
That is likely better than 34 real trees.

newer trees are likely mostly plastic, and not built to live more than a third of a century.

I spent several hours putting the tree away today - took so long b/c i fixed the wear and tear the last 34 years has put on it. First fix ever. Not bad!

Currently on our 3rd or 4th xmasTree storage bag, which isn't good.