New Orleans collected 9,000 discarded Christmas trees and airlifted them into coastal wetlands; the programme has restored marsh equal to nearly 200 football fields
- A helicopter dropping its first bundle of trees for the Christmas tree drop restoration project (US fish and wild life service photos)Every year after Christmas, thousands of used trees are thrown away.
- In New Orleans, however, many of them get a second use.
- Instead of ending up in landfill, the trees are collected, tied into large bundles and dropped by helicopters into coastal marshes to help slow land loss.
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- A helicopter dropping its first bundle of trees for the Christmas tree drop restoration project (US fish and wild life service photos)Every year after Christmas, thousands of used trees are thrown away.
- In New Orleans, however, many of them get a second use.
- Instead of ending up in landfill, the trees are collected, tied into large bundles and dropped by helicopters into coastal marshes to help slow land loss.
Sources: Times of India