{"id":77011,"date":"2022-12-16T20:19:07","date_gmt":"2022-12-16T20:19:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/?p=77011"},"modified":"2023-02-14T14:01:18","modified_gmt":"2023-02-14T14:01:18","slug":"peat-free-is-not-just-about-saying-no-to-peat-compost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/science-environment\/peat-free-is-not-just-about-saying-no-to-peat-compost","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Peat Free&#8221; is not just about &#8220;saying no to peat compost&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Although the Welsh government has stopped selling peat compost to gardeners, more needs to be done to protect habitats, say campaigners.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/12\/peat-6941183_1280-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-77022\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/12\/peat-6941183_1280-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/12\/peat-6941183_1280-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/12\/peat-6941183_1280-770x433.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/12\/peat-6941183_1280-293x165.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/12\/peat-6941183_1280.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/12\/peat-6941183_1280-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-77022\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/12\/peat-6941183_1280-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/12\/peat-6941183_1280-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/12\/peat-6941183_1280-770x433.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/12\/peat-6941183_1280-293x165.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/12\/peat-6941183_1280.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Action is needed now to end peat compost retail sales in garden centres immediately<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>There is still a long way to go to protect Wales&#8217;s  delicate habitats, despite a significant ban on the use of peat that comes into force this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Welsh government announced an end of peat retail seling in gardening to protect Welsh peatlands, but gardeners can still use it in potted plants and grow commercial plants, according to an environmental campaigner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOnce the ban is in place you might only buy a bag of compost that is peat-free, but all of the plants offered for sale in local garden center could still be grown in peat,\u201d said Jenny Bennion, Peatlands Communications Officer from The Wildlife Trust for Lancashire.  \u201cThere are no timeframes associated with the Wales ban now, and we also need to see bans right across the UK then no horticultural product sold  contains peat.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/12\/moor-2238784_1920-edited.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-77067\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/12\/moor-2238784_1920-edited.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/12\/moor-2238784_1920-edited-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/12\/moor-2238784_1920-edited-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/12\/moor-2238784_1920-edited-770x433.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/12\/moor-2238784_1920-edited-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/12\/moor-2238784_1920-edited-293x165.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/12\/moor-2238784_1920-edited-1400x788.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/12\/moor-2238784_1920-edited.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-77067\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/12\/moor-2238784_1920-edited.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/12\/moor-2238784_1920-edited-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/12\/moor-2238784_1920-edited-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/12\/moor-2238784_1920-edited-770x433.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/12\/moor-2238784_1920-edited-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/12\/moor-2238784_1920-edited-293x165.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/12\/moor-2238784_1920-edited-1400x788.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Peat used in compost&nbsp;is dug out of wild places, damaging some of the last remaining peatlands in the UK.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Peat is plant material partially decomposed and stored in waterlogged conditions and it takes 1,000 years for one metre of peat to form, whose most important property is retaining moisture in container soil when it is dry,  while preventing the excess of water from killing roots when it is wet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But the question is that peat used in compost is dug out of wild places, such some peatlands, which are home to rare and endangered wildlife, such as large heath butterflies and wading birds like dunlin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/12\/erik-karits-WqVKO9wHToQ-unsplash-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-77020\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/12\/erik-karits-WqVKO9wHToQ-unsplash-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/12\/erik-karits-WqVKO9wHToQ-unsplash-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/12\/erik-karits-WqVKO9wHToQ-unsplash-770x433.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/12\/erik-karits-WqVKO9wHToQ-unsplash-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/12\/erik-karits-WqVKO9wHToQ-unsplash-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/12\/erik-karits-WqVKO9wHToQ-unsplash-293x165.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/12\/erik-karits-WqVKO9wHToQ-unsplash-1400x788.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/12\/erik-karits-WqVKO9wHToQ-unsplash-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-77020\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/12\/erik-karits-WqVKO9wHToQ-unsplash-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/12\/erik-karits-WqVKO9wHToQ-unsplash-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/12\/erik-karits-WqVKO9wHToQ-unsplash-770x433.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/12\/erik-karits-WqVKO9wHToQ-unsplash-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/12\/erik-karits-WqVKO9wHToQ-unsplash-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/12\/erik-karits-WqVKO9wHToQ-unsplash-293x165.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/12\/erik-karits-WqVKO9wHToQ-unsplash-1400x788.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Peatland restoration is needed to help reserve biodiversity.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>And when peat is extracted, it becomes dried and exposed to the nature, then emits back into the atmosphere as CO2, contributing to climate change. Therefore, following a public consultation showing 92% of Welsh respondents supported an overall stop of the sale of peat compost, the Welsh government introduced the important ban.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe environmental benefit may not be tangible in a Welsh sense, given that these islands\u2019 ecosystems are broadly interlinked, but as a statement, it\u2019s a profound one,\u201d said Owen Williams, who is a managing director of a Welsh social media agency. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s widely reckoned that we\u2019re currently living in the planet\u2019s sixth mass extinction event, and we\u2019re doing very little to prevent it. The prevention of peat sales in Wales puts down a marker \u2013 we do things differently,\u201dsaid Owen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/12\/peat-bales-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-77018\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/12\/peat-bales-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/12\/peat-bales-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/12\/peat-bales-770x433.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/12\/peat-bales-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/12\/peat-bales-293x165.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/12\/peat-bales-1400x788.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/12\/peat-bales.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/12\/peat-bales-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-77018\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/12\/peat-bales-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/12\/peat-bales-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/12\/peat-bales-770x433.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/12\/peat-bales-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/12\/peat-bales-293x165.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/12\/peat-bales-1400x788.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/12\/peat-bales.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Peat is not a renewable source of energy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Peatlands represent a huge carbon store, so they are essential in fight against climate change. And British peatlands store an amazing 3.2 billion tons of carbon, however, over 80% of which are damaged primarily for horticultural purposes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Conservationists have been campaigning for the end of the use of peat in gardening since 1990s even earlier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re experiencing biodiversity and habitat loss salt the same time as climate change \u2013 all of which is driven by humans,\u201d said Owen. \u201cPeat must now be outlawed for sale as a fuel. Peat is best when left \u2018in\u2019 the ground.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/12\/moor-1361754_1920-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-77066\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/12\/moor-1361754_1920-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/12\/moor-1361754_1920-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/12\/moor-1361754_1920-770x433.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/12\/moor-1361754_1920-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/12\/moor-1361754_1920-293x165.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/12\/moor-1361754_1920-1400x788.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/12\/moor-1361754_1920.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/12\/moor-1361754_1920-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-77066\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/12\/moor-1361754_1920-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/12\/moor-1361754_1920-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/12\/moor-1361754_1920-770x433.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/12\/moor-1361754_1920-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/12\/moor-1361754_1920-293x165.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/12\/moor-1361754_1920-1400x788.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/12\/moor-1361754_1920.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Peatlands  support key habitats and species, and can hold large volumes of water.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A ban on the retail sales of peat was announced in England in August 2022 following a consultation earlier this year, and the Scottish parliament is also promising a consultation on banning peat sales by the end of 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.wales\/retail-sale-peat-horticulture-wales-end\">The Welsh Government <\/a>will now work with the UK Government on next steps to implement as soon as is practically possible.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Although the Welsh government has stopped selling peat compost to gardeners, more needs to be done to protect habitats, say campaigners.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":954,"featured_media":77021,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[132,240,380],"coauthors":[1157],"class_list":["post-77011","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-science-environment","tag-climate-change","tag-gardening","tag-parks"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This 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