Thousand of trees are to be given away by a council to boost the local environment and help tackle climate change.
Bedford Borough Council said residents could take up to five each and businesses, community groups and schools could collect up to 25.Dave Hodgson, the Liberal Democrat elected mayor, said: "Planting these 5,000 trees will provide a boost to our local environment, from increasing biodiversity to helping to tackle climate change."
SynBio1
Ignorant gesture Just for a start fast growing plants draw down more CO₂ and do it quicker [remember it's a GHG that is poisoning the very air, that's the important bit, angst] Hint: Regenerative Agriculture Complete solutions to every realistic (see Science) existential concern
Cost to tax payers?
When is a tree not free? I’ve got 12 seedlings in my garden which self-seeded via the wind. I don’t want them. Free to a good home! 🤣
Nothing is free
Like the ones thrown away by the millions by people “weeding”?