The Scottish Government are consulting on ending the sale of peat in Scotland. Responses to this consultation will inform plans and timescales for moving away from using peat products in order to protect peatlands from… Read More »The Scottish Peat Consultation is Open – Please Respond to the Questionnaire
This petition calls on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to place a legal ban on the extraction of peat, peat imports, exports, and sales in order to protect peatlands both in Scotland… Read More »Sign this Petition that Calls on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to place a Legal Ban on Peat
This #PeatFreeApril we need your help to find the country’s #PeatFreeHeroes – and tell the #PeatVillains we’re on to them. Any time in April you visit your local garden centre or supermarket, look out for… Read More »#PeatFreeHeroes & #PeatVillains
The UK government has a public consultation on ending the retail sale of peat. Please respond by the 18th March 2022, the online survey link is at the bottom of the page. Peat Free April’s response These… Read More »Our response to the peat consultation
Continuing to extract, import, export, and sell peat as a product is indefensible. We are pleased to see that the UK and Welsh Governments recognise the importance of keeping peat in the ground and are… Read More »Joint Statement
The significant potential of peatlands for carbon storage and biodiversity means that having healthy, wet peat in the ground is an essential tool in tackling the climate and nature crises. The Climate Change Committee has said that,… Read More »Statement on banning the sale of peat
Please sign and share the petition to the Welsh Senedd: petitions.senedd.wales/petitions/244824 You don’t have to be a Welsh resident to sign!
Please help us protect our peatlands; sign and share this petition to ban the use of peat in horticulture: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/562054
Thursday 1st April 2021 Dear Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, We ask you to announce a complete ban on the sale of peat compost in the UK before the end… Read More »Letter to Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Professor Dave Goulson explains why we need to ban the use of peat in gardening.