Old Christmas trees find second life as flood defence

Jessica Shankleman
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Environment Agency hails success of project that lines riverbanks with unwanted conifers

Some will be recycled, a few will be replanted, and many will sadly be dumped in a skip. But now the Environment Agency has devised an innovative way of reusing Christmas trees to reduce the risk...

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