P-06-1190 Ban the use of peat in horticulture and all growing media by 2023
This
petition was submitted Jake Rayson, having collected a total of 1,014
signatures.
Text of Petition:
Peat bogs and moors are
extremely important in the fight against the climate emergency; sequestering
carbon better than many natural landscapes, reducing flooding and providing
biodiversity. We need to ban the use of peat in horticulture and all growing
media by 2023, including imports.
Additional Information:
Peat currently makes up
40% of growing media used by the public, and over 60% of that used in the
professional sector. There are other materials such as coir, composted wood and
leaf mould which can be used. Peatlands should not be mined but protected and
restored.
The Senedd should protect
and restore all Welsh peat bogs and moors and crucially ensure that all growing
media sold and used in Wales is peat free.
• 3 million cubic metres
of peat sold for horticultural use annually in UK, ⅓ from UK peatlands (IUCN http://bit.ly/peat-extraction-horticulture)
• 20 million tonnes carbon
dioxide lost to atmosphere annually from UK’s damaged peatlands (IUCN http://bit.ly/peat-climate)
• 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-species)
Senedd Constituency and Region
- Ceredigion
- Mid
and West Wales
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Business type: Petition
Reason considered: Senedd Business;
Status: For consideration
First published: 24/09/2021