Natural or artificial Christmas tree, which is more ecological?

Video manufacture, transport, recycling… To respect the environment, is it better to take an artificial tree or a natural tree?

by Joséfa Lopez

Natural or synthetic Christmas tree: which is the most ecological? In France, at the time of the end of year celebrations, 80 % of the households choose the first, 20 % the second. But from an environmental point of view, which is right?

For eternally green tree enthusiasts, artificial trees have the advantage of not causing the cut of real conifers and being able to be reused. But do these arguments hold the road?

If we take into account manufacturing, transport and recycling, it would seem that the natural tree wins the match when it comes to environment: its carbon footprint is 2.6 times less than for its artificial neighbor . Video explanations.

/Media reports cited above.