Christmas tree — MGG Journal — My Green Goodiebag

All I want for Christmas is...less waste

Maybe the one thing we have learned during COVID times is how much we like to be around other people. Now that we are limited in who we are seeing and how often, or in some cases not seeing our loved ones at all due to travel restrictions, we are realizing we are very much social beings. The other thing we might have learned is how much we depend on a healthy environment, and also how quickly nature can recover if we leave it alone for a while.

Real vs fake Christmas trees

As Christmas is coming closer you might be asking yourself which is a better option in terms of the impact on the environment: a real Christmas tree or a fake one? To be able to answer this question, there are a number of factors that need to be considered, such as how far the tree has traveled, how much energy went into producing it and how it is recycled.