Thousands of us are unwittingly contributing to devastating damage to the UK’s most important carbon store, our peatlands, essential in the fight against climate change.
Garden centres, DIY stores and major supermarkets are likely to be banned by 2024 from selling peat-based compost under new plans to protect the natural world and limit carbon emissions.
But The Wildlife Trusts say the ban should be immediate to stop thousands more tons of CO2 from being released into the atmosphere.
