Reforestation projects in the UK should consider planting new trees without the common plastic guards designed to protect saplings, a new study suggests. The polypropylene tubes help young trees ...

Scotland's forestry industry says it is taking action to reduce the plastic pollution caused by tree planting. Hundreds of thousands of plastic tube tree guards are used every year to protect saplings ...

The Woodland Trust has pledged to end the use of new plastic tree guards at its sites by the end of the year, to make tree planting more sustainable. The conservation charity, a major UK tree planter ...

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