Friday, 1 April 2022

For Peat's Sake!

Peatlands hold twice as much carbon as the planet's forests. In spite of peat's importance to climate change, more than one third of all gardening compost sold in the UK is still this material (https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/mar/31/third-of-all-compost-sold-in-uk-is-climate-damaging-peat). In the UK, scientists, gardeners and campaigners are all keen to see a total ban on using peat as compost. A ban is being resisted by the Horticultural Trades Association. Why worry about climate change, when you can make good profits out of 'free' peat?
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