7 million Christmas trees are discarded each year releasing 100,000tns of CO2 . Box & Sprout, a London-based startup, are offering to collect their customers' living Christmas trees after Christmas
COP26 is on our doorstep and every business is now thinking about what they can do to be more sustainable.
Rob & Charlie, the founders of Box & Sprout, are pleased to announce that, once Christmas is over, they are offering a collection service for every Christmas tree they sell to their London customers.
“We’ve looked at our plans for Christmas and how we can be more sustainable," Charlie says. "We love Christmas and especially having a nice tree in the house. But I remember last year, just after Christmas, walking through the streets of London and seeing all the discarded trees. It was a pretty sad sight.”
So having researched the problem, the Box & Sprout team set-out to find a new way of selling Christmas trees.
This year, Box & Sprout are offering their customers a choice. They are only selling living trees in pots, so the customer can choose to keep the tree until next year. Or Box & Sprout will come and collect every Christmas tree that they sell, with the customer receiving a 20% voucher for next year’s tree.
“We’re not here to tell people what they should and shouldn’t do this Christmas. It’s been a tough few years for everyone, and so we’re fully behind bringing some joy and positivity this Winter season. But we also think that customers should be given more choice when it comes to their Christmas trees. And if we can make it a really good offer, it’s a win for the customer, a win for us and a win for the planet,” says Rob.
Box & Sprout plan on keeping the trees on their site until next year.
“It’s not something we’re really set-up to do,” Charlie says, “but we’re making space on our site to do it and we’re building the plan for how to care for the trees until next year. We’re using this year as a test year to see if we can make this a really sustainable model we repeat year after year.”
Box & Sprout have four sizes of living, potted Christmas trees available on their website https://boxandsprout.com/products/the-nordmann-fir-christmas-tree, starting at £45. Box & Sprout are only delivering in London this year, but they hope to expand soon.