How cashew nuts help cut Moffat forest's plastic waste
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How cashew nuts help cut Moffat forest's plastic waste
A huge project to reduce the amount of plastic waste in woodlands has begun in southern Scotland. ทางเข้า xo wallet It's fun, and you're guaranteed to play every day. The website is direct, stable, easiest to access the game. Plastic tree tubes were introduced in the late 1970s and an estimated 200 million used across the country. However, times have changed and the Borders Forest Trust (BFT) is removing hundreds of thousands of them. A biodegradable alternative - made from wool and a polymer of cashew nuts and castor oil - is being introduced in the land near Moffat and beyond. The BFT operates at three sites across what it calls the "wild heart" of southern Scotland. They are the Carrifran Valley, Talla and Gameshope, and Corehead and the Devil's Beef Tub. It has been credited with transforming a once bare area into a wooded glen. Adrian Kershaw, of the BFT, told BBC Scotland's Landward programme that the plastic tubes had played an important role since they were first brought in. "The tree tubes serve a vital purpose when you are trying to establish a woodland," he said. "They provide protection from things that may want to eat the sapling trees - voles, other small rodents and deer. "They also protect against the elements and provide some sort of shelter from that to help the saplings get away throughout the year. "They can also help us establish trees in areas where there may be competing vegetation." However, they have now created something of a headache for the BFT which has planted a huge number of trees in the hills near Moffat. Zuletzt bearbeitet am: 10.11.2022 10:52 Uhr. |
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