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 ...

Adrian Kershaw told Arlene Stuart of BBC Scotland's Landward the reasons behind the plastic tube removal and replacement A huge project to reduce the amount of plastic waste in woodlands has begun in ...

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 ...

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 ...

Tree tubes that were placed on young trees now need to be removed. Work includes removing plastic tree tubes from trees, removing fallen tree tubes and debris from the forest, and chopping/removing ...

One day this summer, shortly after noon, the angle of the sun must have been just right: It allowed Ben Harris to see shadows inside dozens of protective tree tubes that he and Amish farm boys had ...

Weeds, the negative term commonly applied to unwanted plants, are a farmer’s enemy. They guzzle water, nutrients, and even light that are supposed to help crops grow. So at this week’s annual ...