Submitted on Saturday 15th June 2019
Rejected on Monday 22nd July 2019
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
To end the use of peat for horticulture and other commercial purposes.
The peatlands of the UK are one of our greatest assets; we cannot underestimate their importance for carbon capture. In the UK they hold more carbon than forests. Peat extraction in the UK is estimated to release a million tonnes of carbon into the atmosphere every year. Governments need to act.
Commercial extraction of peat from our peat bogs can remove more than 500 years worth of peat growth in a single year. But despite alternatives available such as compost, sales for peat are at 3 billion litres a year and rising! We need to fight against climate crisis in all areas.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
There's already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.
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