Going green: Are fake Christmas trees more eco-friendly than the real thing?

’Tis the season when many of us who celebrate Christmas ponder the merits of buying a real or artificial tree to decorate our home.

For many Australians, investing in a fake Christmas tree might appear to be a more eco-friendly approach; after all, they can be used year after year and don’t involve cutting down vegetation.

But according to the experts, when it comes to real versus plastic, the genuine article is greener in more ways than one.