PEAT-FREE COMPOST: IS IT REALLY BETTER FOR THE ENVIRONMENT?

SCIENCE BEHIND THE HEADLINES

Peat-free compost | Skin microbiome | W boson

“Peatlands cover around 3 per cent of the planet’s surface but hold twice as much soil carbon as all the world’s forests”

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For years, environmentalists have been pushing for a ban on the sales of peat in the UK, citing the peat supply chain’s high carbon emissions, as well as the ecological importance of the environment it comes from. This may now soon