Trafalgar Square Christmas tree must cut its carbon footprint, says Oslo mayor
by Miranda Bryant in Stockholm from Environment | The Guardian on (#6GYJG)
Anne Lindboe to look at transport plans for Norway's annual gift to UK, but insists tradition will not stop
It is a long-cherished Christmas tradition: a tree sent to London every December from Norway to thank Britain for its support during the second world war.
But felling a decades-old 20-metre (66ft) spruce in the woodlands near Oslo and transporting it by road and sea to Britain to light up Trafalgar Square, only for it to be turned into woodchip a month later, could hardly be described as environmentally friendly.
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