Plastic Free Trees
Plastic tree shelters protect new trees as they grow, enabling many saplings to survive that would otherwise die due to rabbits, deer and other mammals. However, the plastic they leave behind is polluting our soils and waterways.
We are working in partnership with the Yorkshire Dales Millennium Trust (YDMT) to free trees of their plastic, through the Tubex tree shelter collection and recycling programme.
Local teams of volunteers will work with landowners to remove, sort and collect the tree guards into bulk bags. Each bulk bag can hold 350-400 1.2m tree shelters
These can then be taken to Skipton in early May for recycling by Tubex into new tree guards and other plastic products, leaving the Nidderdale landscape with less plastic pollution and happy healthy trees growing for everyone’s future.
Join us on our mission to promote recycling and environmental stewardship in your area. Together, we can make a meaningful impact in our local communities and on the wider planet.
Fact: It is estimated that 16 million plastic tree shelters are used every year to protect new trees as they grow.
TREE SHELTER RECYCLING IN 4 EASY STEPS
- Choose a collection method – Nidderdale National Landscape Volunteers or yourself/ friends/ family
- Select your local drop off hub point (Local YDMT hubs are at Skipton and Hawes), or arrange a collection (fees apply to collections) – https://tubex.com/sustainability/tree-shelter-collection-recycling-programme/
- Book a collection or drop off time in Skipton or Hawes ([email protected])
- Fill the bulk bags up with your used tree guards – no limit on the number which can be recycled.
For further information and volunteer support please contact Liz Milner at Nidderdale National Landscape ( [email protected]). To book a drop of slot please contact Mike Appleton at YDMT ([email protected]).