Plastic crates for fruits and vegetables can help conserve precious forests by substituting wooden crates. Fruits and vegetables division of NDDB, Delhi, State Marketing Bodies of Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Punjab, Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra have started using plastic crates in their daily operation in a limited way.

Plastic nursery bags are easy to transport and extremely economical. They have given an impetus to social forestry programmes as they occupy lesser space compared to earthern pots. State forest department are the largest users of polyethylene nursery bags.