{"id":123884,"date":"2021-12-18T14:00:51","date_gmt":"2021-12-18T07:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/peat-sales-to-gardeners-in-england-and-wales-to-be-banned-by-2024\/"},"modified":"2021-12-18T15:14:20","modified_gmt":"2021-12-18T08:14:20","slug":"peat-sales-to-gardeners-in-england-and-wales-to-be-banned-by-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/peat-sales-to-gardeners-in-england-and-wales-to-be-banned-by-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Peat sales to gardeners in England and Wales to be banned by 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nPeatland vital carbon store but campaigners say lack of immediate action makes plan a \u2018damp squib\u2019The sale of peat to gardeners in England and Wales is to be banned by 2024 under plans published by the government on Saturday. Ministers said they also aimed to end peat use in the professional horticulture sector by 2028.The government set a voluntary target in 2011 for compost retailers to end sales of peat by 2020. But peat use fell by only 25% from 2011-2019 and increased by 9% in 2020 as Covid lockdowns boosted gardening as a hobby. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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