MORE than 3,000 tree saplings are being planted at Pontburn Woods in the Derwent Valley, following a scheme that encouraged people to recycle their aluminium cans and foil.
A tree will be planted for every tonne of aluminium packaging reused in the region during the course of the Woodland Trust's Get Recycling campaign last year.
The planting site at Pontburn Woods consists of two meadows, separated by an old railway embankment, along the Derwent Walk.
Gary Haley, of the Woodland Trust, said: "Native woodland is so important to the health of the planet, and watching these trees grow will give local people some sense of how the energy saved through recycling aluminium builds into something really worthwhile.
"You just have to get the recycling habit. We'd like to say a big thank you to everyone who recycled their aluminium cans and foil and to Alupto for sponsoring the campaign."
The woods cover more than 100 hectares and contain a mosaic of broadleaf and conifer trees stretching from the River Derwent down the west side of Hamsterley Mill, and southwards towards Dipton.
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