Green Costs of Christmas in UK

• 200,000 trees are felled to supply 1.7bn Christmas cards sent in the UK
• 40,000 trees are used to make 8,000 tonnes of wrapping paper used for presents
• Nearly 6m Christmas trees end up in landfill sites every January
• The UK throws out 3m tonnes of extra waste over Christmas

(Source: BBC)

whew! What abt the giant guzzler, the United States? 2m trees for cards, 60m christmas trees and 30m tonnes of extra waste? Probably much higher!