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    Nov 19, 2020 4 minutes
    WORDS: SALLY NEX; MIRANDA JANATKA

    Compost supplies hit as peat extraction stops

    Peat-based composts could disappear from garden centre shelves sooner than expected after a High Court ruling halted all peat extraction in the Republic of Ireland, cutting off around two-thirds of the UK’s peat supplies.

    Compost manufacturers are now relying on peat reserves, expected to run out in Ireland in 2023, while demand for compost is at an all-time high due to the coronavirus gardening boom. Compost prices are likely to rise, faced with the “double whammy” of greater demand and peat shortages, says Neil Bragg of the Growing Media Association.

    The situation in Ireland is forcing compost manufacturers

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