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| Advantages |
- No thorn to pick up on the floor...
- Cost a bit more expensive when you buy the first time but
cheaper in the end, since it can be reused for several years.
- It can be rented already decorated from specialist
dealers.
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- The natural tree produces oxygen from carbon dioxide via
photosynthesis (reduction of greenhouse effect).
- Local production using the local economy and reducing pollution
from transport.
- It is biodegradable (compost, wood chips ...).
- Tree plantations provide soil stabilization (reducing flood
risk), a shelter for wildlife ....
- The smell is pleasant, natural (authenticity. ..)
- Tradition, ritual purchasing choice in family ..
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| Disadvantages |
- Made from petroleum, a non-renewable (scarcity in future
years).
- Production processes consuming energy and emitting plastic
greenhouse gas emissions.
- Pollution to import by air firs, mostly manufactured in
Asia.
- They are neither recyclable nor biodegradable.
- If it catches fire, it emanates toxic fumes and hazardous to
the environment but also for humans.
- You need to have space to store it all the year.
- Depending on the quality .. the tree loses its luster quickly
and should be discarded quickly.
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- Some growers use chemical fertilizers and other herbicides for
the cultivation of trees, whose effect is harmful to the
environment.
- It loses its thorns, so we must clean regularly around the
tree.
- We must buy it every year.
- Sometimes the transport is polluting (fir coming from distant
forests), and because we need to drive a car to move it...
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| Raw material | Petroleum-based plastic | Wood |
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| Duration | Average 3 years (to keep more than 16 years to make it more
environmentally friendly than a natural tree). | 1 year (or more if you buy it in the pot and succeed to replant it,
which is rare ...). |
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