What is happening in America with unsold trees

Millions of evergreen trees are cut down, shipped, sold and decorated for the holidays every year. But what happens to those trees that are not sold ?!

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According to Rocco Malang, owner of Cedar Grove Chrismas Trees in Cedar Grove, New Jersey, many of them are crushed and fed to animals or returned to the soil in the form of recycled materials.

“At the commercial level, they turn into wood chips, which turn into mulch,” Malanga said. - This is often what happens. They are also sent to livestock farms. But if we’ve done our job right, we don’t have to deal with that.”

Cedar Grove Christmas Trees is a retail and wholesale company that is involved in the "full life cycle" of a holiday tree's life, Malanga said. He is a third generation business owner that supplies over 50 trees and wreaths to much of the east coast. The company sells trees to local retailers, Home Depot and Walmart.

Malang said that after the holidays, some unsold trees are sent to the beach.

In coastal areas affected by hurricanes and erosion, the remaining Christmas trees can be stapled and used to accumulate sand.

“A dry Christmas tree is the perfect base for creating sand dunes. Over time, the tree will break down, but the plants around them will have time to take root,” Malaga said.

Healthy sand dunes are the first line of defense during tropical storms, because they can absorb the effects of destructive winds and waves.

After Hurricane Sandy bypassed the coastline of New Jersey and parts of New York in 2012, and Hurricane Irene in 2011, Cedar Grove donated Christmas trees to coastal cities.

“We have a wholesale warehouse where trees always end up,” Malanga said. “If there is a need, we will be happy to help.”

Recycling Christmas trees can vary greatly depending on location.

In Louisiana, some remains of trees are used to restore coastal marshes. In some parts of Illinois, old Christmas trees were used to make nests of endangered herons. In South Dakota, trees were dumped into a lake to improve fish habitat. And in San Francisco, the remaining firs are fed goats.

According to the National Association of Christmas Trees, there are more than 4000 local Christmas tree recycling programs in the United States, and from 25 to 30 million holiday trees are sold annually.

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