Did You Keep Your Yule Carbon Footprint Under Control?
The Sun (San Bernardino, CA) › December 26, 2009
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The great Christmas-tree debate should be settled for now. No more agonizing over artificial versus natural, not after the sustainable-development firm ellipsos released a bombshell study last year.
A life-cycle assessment - following "the recognized ISO 14040 and 14044 standards" and relying on "no funding (direct or indirect) by any of the concerned stakeholders" - determined that "a natural tree will generate 3.1 kg of greenhouse gases whereas the artificial tree will produce 8.1 kg per year."See the full content of this document
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Did You Keep Your Yule Carbon Footprint Under Control?
The president of the firm rightly called the finding "astonishing," given that "the artificial tree is reusable" and "the natural tree requires annual trips to purchase it."
The artifi...See the full content of this document
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