A MULTINATIONAL which extracts peat from a site in Dumfries and Galloway has been doing so “in breach of...planning permission,” local authority documents unearthed by The Ferret have alleged.
ICL, an international fertiliser company, mines peat for the manufacture of compost at several sites in Scotland. The practice has been criticised by conservation groups because it leads to increased emissions of carbon dioxide, the main gas responsible for global warming.
One of the sites where ICL extracts peat is Nutberry Moss, in Dumfries and Galloway. A report produced last year by council officials alleged that the firm had failed to follow planning conditions which required it to provide information on how much peat was being extracted from the site, and how it would be restored after operations are due to finish in two years’ time.
