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Andie, great point about the ecological impact of the artificial trees -- nm

Posted by zork Dec 22 '09, 11:09

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i have no problem with artificial trees (to be clear), i have a problem with our society making things that break easily and end up in landfill. -- nm - Elf Andie Dec 22, 11:13 4
- Best option I've heard of lately is a company that delivers live potted Christmas trees at Christmas and then picks them up after Christmas and - pmb Dec 22, 11:31 2
  - oh yah, I posted about a local company that does that. sounds great. -- nm - b. Dec 22, 11:39
  - this is awesome. -- nm - Elf Andie Dec 22, 11:33
- but if we make them durable enough to last more than a few seasons, then people won't need to come back and buy another one, and that hurts our profit -- nm - znufrii Dec 22, 11:26
When she said "large item", I thought she was referring to the cost. -- nm - CrankYanker Dec 22, 11:10 13
- i actually was talking about the garbage aspect of it. if you are talking *cost*, my real tree cost me $20. -- nm - Elf Andie Dec 22, 11:12 12
  - I miss going up to the hills every year to cut our own. *sigh* -- nm - znufrii Dec 22, 11:27
  - We spend $80+ for a tree every year and I'm hoping to cut that in half, but I also see your point about the recycle. -- nm - CrankYanker Dec 22, 11:13
  - and at Ikea, you get a $20 certificate good through January -- nm - zork Dec 22, 11:13 9
    - I don't like having a tree in the house for 3 weeks though; Ikea has specific pickup and dropoff dates, usually weeks apart. -- nm - CrankYanker Dec 22, 11:15 8
      - pickup? drop off? here you just go to Ikea any time in the 5 or 6 weeks before Christmas and buy it. Then ... - zork Dec 22, 11:17 3
        
        When you return a tree to Ikea here, you get a refund, so they usually sell out in the first two days...hence the specific pickup and dropoff days. -- nm - CrankYanker Dec 22, 11:19 2
        
        that's smart if the city doesn't offer pick up. -- nm - Elf Andie Dec 22, 11:20 1
        
        The city has pickups, but they don't give you money for it. This is the incentive to buy the tree from Ikea. -- nm - CrankYanker Dec 22, 11:23
      - we have our tree up for a month, every year. -- nm - Elf Andie Dec 22, 11:15 3
        
        That's my phobia. We don't buy our tree 'til Dec 23rd or 24th and it's out of the house the day after New Year's. -- nm - CrankYanker Dec 22, 11:17 2
        
        just get a stand that holds a lot of water and top it up regularly. nothing to worry about. -- nm - zork Dec 22, 11:18 1
        
        p.h.o.b.i.a. ----- it's not that easy for me. ;-) -- nm - CrankYanker Dec 22, 11:20

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