Every year, thousands of Christmas trees are disposed of after their purpose as a decorative for the yuletide season. There are now a couple of ways for Christmas tree recycling. One of these is, cutting them into pieces, and feeding them to goats, in goat farms.
Murray Crouse, a veteran tree grower, in Lunenburg Balsam Fir Co-operative in Nova Scotia, generally able to cut close to the number of trees he needs. "Then we decide after Christmas ways that we can best dispose of them without complete and total waste," he added.
Their neighboring goat farms, uses the unwanted Christmas trees, as fodder for goats. It is also said that evergreens are good for goat deworming. This has caused, to cut the cost, of farmers, in feeding their goats.
Aside from goat food, there are other ways on how to do Christmas tree recycling. In a remote island, in the Atlantic Ocean, they used unwanted Christmas trees, as fences for their wild horses.
Lloyd Smith, a Christmas tree grower said, there are a lot of options, to deal with your unwanted Christmas Trees. He uses the left-overs as fire woods.
From CBC News, Crouse, also uses the unwanted Christmas trees, as bird feeders. During winter, hanging meat on the unwanted trees, could be a good feeder for birds. He placed some boughs, in the foundation of his house, to help insulate the walls.
But there are ways, to keep your Christmas tree, look fresh, during Christmas season, before disposing of them.
The first thing is to check out its branches. It should always be hydrated. Do not use chlorinated water to hydrate it. Keep it away from a fireplace or a radiator.
According to Daily Mail, goats could eat almost anything and Christmas tree could be one oin the menu. Vince Thomas, said that he got tired, looking at Christmas trees, being disposed on landfills and dumps. So he decided to feed goats unwanted Christmas trees.
