{"id":31696,"date":"2024-02-08T15:05:12","date_gmt":"2024-02-08T14:05:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/a8725a2d-7f3e-4f35-8591-0eb13e92a6b7"},"modified":"2024-02-08T16:35:00","modified_gmt":"2024-02-08T15:35:00","slug":"are-you-still-buying-peat-without-realising-peat-hidden-in-garden-products-threatens-uks-precious-peatlands","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/gardensillustrated\/rss_feed\/are-you-still-buying-peat-without-realising-peat-hidden-in-garden-products-threatens-uks-precious-peatlands\/","title":{"rendered":"Are you still buying peat without realising? Peat hidden in garden products threatens UK’s precious peatlands"},"content":{"rendered":"

Peat is still being used as a growing medium in many products on the shelves, which consumers may not know about <\/p>

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Published: Thursday, 08 February 2024 at 14:05 PM<\/p>

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While the campaign to ban peat <\/a>in horticultural products is underway, many gardeners may not realise they are inadvertently buying peat-based products. <\/p>

Consumers are increasingly aware that buying buying peat<\/a> products such as peat-based compost<\/a> is threatening the important biodiverse peatlands<\/a>, which are also crucial to slowing climate change, in the UK. But there is still a huge risk of picking peat-based products without realising it. <\/p>

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