Submitted on Sunday 9th June 2019
Rejected on Wednesday 3rd July 2019
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Ban the use of peat in gardening and horticulture
Buying peat-based compost contributes to the destruction of wildlife habitats by peat mining & the release of vast amounts of carbon dioxide, the main agent of climate breakdown. To tackle climate breakdown & its impact on our natural world, we need to ban the use of peat in gardening & horticulture
• 3 million cubic metres of peat sold for horticultural use annually in UK, ⅓ from UK peatlands (IUCN http://bit.ly/peat-horticulture)
• 10 million tonnes carbon dioxide lost to atmosphere annually from UK’s damaged peatlands (IUCN http://bit.ly/peat-CO2)
• Peatland destruction releasing vast amounts of CO2 (New Scientist http://bit.ly/peatland-destruction)
• Peatlands support many important species & unique ecosystems (IUCN http://bit.ly/peat-biodiversity)
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