The Woodland Trust is trialling alternative materials such as cardboard, wool and plant starch at its site at Avoncliff in Wiltshire. It says it wants to stop using plastic guards by the end of ...

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 ...

It analysed scenarios including planting unprotected trees, planting them with plastic tubes that were fully recovered and recycled, and planting them with guards made from polylactic acid-starch ...

Woodland Trust site manager Joe Middleton at Avoncliff, near Bath, where alternatives to plastic tree guards are being trialled. ... wool and plant starch at its site at Avoncliff in Wiltshire.

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 ...