We hope #merribekcouncil is reusing this plastic Christmas tree each year.

We have read that a plastic Christmas tree can produce around 40 kilograms of greenhouse gas emissions, which is more than double that of a real tree if it ends up in a landfill.

Plastic Christmas trees can pollute the surrounding environment as they wear and degrade with microplastic particles adding to the PM2.5 and PM10 particle air pollution from vehicles that makes us all a little bit sick.

A plastic Christmas tree can take over 500 years to decompose in a landfill. But it is equally problematic for toxic air pollution if incinerated.

For that home Christmas tree It’s more sustainable to reuse a plastic Christmas tree for at least 12 years.

But there are better sustainable options including:
🌲Decorating a living outside tree
🎄Buying a live potted tree. Perhaps a potted Wollemi Pine (an endangered species in the wild)
🎄If you buy a cut plantation Christmas tree to use, thoughtful disposal can allow it to decompose back to organic components. Much better than a plastic Christmas tree

https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/news/real-vs-fake-sustainable-christmas-tree-debate

Better to Just avoid using glitter altogether, is our view. - Juliet and Indiana Jones 🐶🐶

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Who are these faceless elves? They look like alien invaders from Dr Who. Should we be worried? Where is the blue police box and the Doctor when you need him/her?
Indi is watching them while I survey around us - Juliet and Indiana Jones 🐶🐶

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“It looks like a tree, sort off, but doesn’t smell like a tree. Smells like embedded carbon of #plastics. And what’s with all the multicoloured balls? We couldn’t reach any of them. And they are too big for our small mouths. We can’t see any birds in this tree. It doesn’t appear to be very good for urban biodiversity either.”

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