What does 'shredding Christmas trees' mean?

English as a Second Language English Vocabulary, Grammar and Idioms
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I saw this, just a second ago and it beat me:shredding christmas trees?. Does this mean chop the tree down if I may say so. :lol: :lol:

2

Well,

It seems this refers to the fact that every year millions of Christmas trees are bought and after the Christmas season they have to be recycled. That’s why governments urge their consumers to have their Christmas trees shreded instead of just adding it to the landfill by throwing it out after Christmas.[YSaerTTEW443543]

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3

chop a tree down
This means “to cut a tree down,” doesn’t it?

shred a tree
This means “to cut a tree into pieces,” doesn’t it?

4

Not just into pieces, but into very small pieces, work carried out by a machine:
youtube.com/watch?v=nSXceuQyYTg

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Thank you, B.