Americans throw away about 15 million Christmas trees. A lot of them end up in landfills. In Kentucky, the wildlife ...

Real Christmas trees are also compostable. Artificial trees, however, can't be recycled and often end up in landfills. They require iron for their metal stems and petroleum for their plastic needles.

Executive Director of Africa Education Watch, Kofi Asare has observed that nearly 80% of educational institutions described as ‘schools under trees’ are in the northern parts of the country.