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<blockquote data-quote="Agriland RSS" data-source="post: 7918072" data-attributes="member: 105608"><p>Written by William Kellett from Agriland</p><p></p><p>Following up on one of its Climate Change Plan commitments to reduce its plastic waste, Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS) is introducing biodegradable tree shelters.</p><p></p><p>The step comes after FLS’ procurement team held discussions with shelter supplier, Cheviot Trees, on finding ways of becoming more sustainable, particularly on finding environmentally friendly alternatives to single-use, plastic tree shelters.</p><p></p><p>Gareth Waters, FLS’ interim head of operational support, said:</p><p></p><p>“Our Climate Change Plan commits us to becoming more sustainable across the board and phasing out single-use plastics is high on our to-do list.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>“We’re now encouraging all of our teams across the country to make the environmentally friendly, sustainable choice.</p><p></p><p>“It’s one of the first, big steps on our journey and we’re looking forward to adopting other innovative solutions as we head towards Net Zero.”</p><p></p><h2>Use of tree shelters</h2><p></p><p>Tree shelters are vitally important to protect young seedlings and trees from browsing damage from deer and other animals.</p><p></p><p>Every year, FLS uses approximately 200,000 of them, and collecting them for suitable disposal eats up time that could be better spent on other forest management activity.</p><p></p><p>The new product (Tubex Nature) is manufactured from biodegradable polymers derived from biomass.</p><p></p><p>Jonathan Cameron, Cheviot Trees’ sales and marketing manager, said;</p><p></p><p>“We have been working closely with our manufacturing partners over the past few years to help develop a clever and innovative biodegradable solution that provides reliable protection to young trees.”</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>They are of particular use in locations where collecting shelters would be difficult or sometimes impossible, such as dense woodland or places that are otherwise hard to get to.</p><p></p><p>The post <a href="https://www.agriland.co.uk/farming-news/fls-to-introduce-biodegradable-tree-shelters/" target="_blank">FLS to introduce biodegradable tree shelters</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.agriland.co.uk" target="_blank">Agriland.co.uk</a>.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.agriland.co.uk/farming-news/fls-to-introduce-biodegradable-tree-shelters/" target="_blank">Continue reading on the Agriland Website...</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Agriland RSS, post: 7918072, member: 105608"] Written by William Kellett from Agriland Following up on one of its Climate Change Plan commitments to reduce its plastic waste, Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS) is introducing biodegradable tree shelters. The step comes after FLS’ procurement team held discussions with shelter supplier, Cheviot Trees, on finding ways of becoming more sustainable, particularly on finding environmentally friendly alternatives to single-use, plastic tree shelters. Gareth Waters, FLS’ interim head of operational support, said: “Our Climate Change Plan commits us to becoming more sustainable across the board and phasing out single-use plastics is high on our to-do list. “We’re now encouraging all of our teams across the country to make the environmentally friendly, sustainable choice. “It’s one of the first, big steps on our journey and we’re looking forward to adopting other innovative solutions as we head towards Net Zero.” [HEADING=1]Use of tree shelters[/HEADING] Tree shelters are vitally important to protect young seedlings and trees from browsing damage from deer and other animals. Every year, FLS uses approximately 200,000 of them, and collecting them for suitable disposal eats up time that could be better spent on other forest management activity. The new product (Tubex Nature) is manufactured from biodegradable polymers derived from biomass. Jonathan Cameron, Cheviot Trees’ sales and marketing manager, said; “We have been working closely with our manufacturing partners over the past few years to help develop a clever and innovative biodegradable solution that provides reliable protection to young trees.” They are of particular use in locations where collecting shelters would be difficult or sometimes impossible, such as dense woodland or places that are otherwise hard to get to. The post [URL='https://www.agriland.co.uk/farming-news/fls-to-introduce-biodegradable-tree-shelters/']FLS to introduce biodegradable tree shelters[/URL] appeared first on [URL='https://www.agriland.co.uk']Agriland.co.uk[/URL]. [url="https://www.agriland.co.uk/farming-news/fls-to-introduce-biodegradable-tree-shelters/"]Continue reading on the Agriland Website...[/url] [/QUOTE]
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