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Real Christmas trees 'greener' than fakes
Montreal (UPI) Dec 17, 2008 A Canadian sustainable energy company in Montreal says real Christmas trees have less of an environmental impact than reusable artificial trees. The company, which uses no capitals in its name, ellipsos inc., said its analysis in a Life Cycle Assessment found real trees generate 6.8 pounds of greenhouse gases compared with 17.8 pounds for an artificial tree per year. "The results are astonishing", ellipsos President Jean-Sebastien Trudel said in a release. "Considering that the artificial tree is reusable for many years, one would think that this choice is best since the natural tree requires annual trips to purchase it." Research process factors ranged from the extraction of raw materials to travel to marketing and purchase to disposal, the company said. The study found an artificial tree would need to be kept for at least 20 years to be equivalent to a real tree, although consumers keep an artificial tree for six years on average, the report said. Related Links Forestry News - Global and Local News, Science and Application
Ghana's 'miracle': logging underwater forests for exotic timber
Accra (AFP) Dec 4, 2008Ghana, which is running short of forests to chop down, is about to turn to the dead trees underneath its Lake Volta as a new source of exotic timber, one of its top export earners. |
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