Paint and sweeteners could be made from old Christmas trees

If your city has a program for converting old Christmas trees into mulch or compost, that's good, but … evergreen needles do take a long time to decompose, and they give off greenhouse gases as they do. According to new research, those needles could instead be harvested and used in products such as paints or sweeteners.

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Category: Environment

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• Christmas
• Recycling
• Tree
• University of Sheffield

from New Atlas (Gizmag) http://bit.ly/2AlHN97