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Cardboard plant guards stem from daughter’s plastic question

July 5, 2018 by Rosie

Cardboard Planters

By SKARA BOHNY A teenage environmentalist's question sowed the seed for an invention to take plastic out of tree planting projects. Seedlings planted in ecological recovery operations are protected by plant guards, plastic sleeves held in place with bamboo or metal stakes around the … [Read more...]

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