Peat and compost (inc green waste) Archive - StockbridgeOnline

Archive for the ‘Peat and compost (inc green waste)’ Category

PEAT The way the Dept of Communities and Local Govt sees peat extraction . The Review report gives a very accurate assessment of where we are . The new Draft Planning Doc say no more planning for new or extension of present sites .

Feb06

SECTION | Latest updates, Peat and compost (inc green waste)

Please find the reports below:

Minerals Planning Guidance 13: Guidelines
for peat provision in England

Peatland Issues: Report of the Working
Group on Peat Extraction and Related
Matters

FFEN Defra Risk assessment for climate change in UK with full evidence review for Agriculture (hort also) and Biodiversity (includes peat )

Feb06

SECTION | Biodiversity, Climate Change, ENVIRONMENTAL NEWS, FFEN, GENERAL ISSUES, Peat and compost (inc green waste)

Click Here to view the Defra Climate Change Risk Assessment

You can also find the Agriculture Review here

and the Biodiversity Review here

The Defra Task Force publishes its Work Programme and timetable (notice subtle change of name from Sustainable Growing Media TF to Peat TF )

Feb06

SECTION | ENVIRONMENTAL NEWS, Peat and compost (inc green waste)

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Christine Walkden to give keynote speech at the STC Gardeners Conference on February 16th

Feb01

SECTION | CONFERENCES & EVENTS, LATEST NEWS, Peat and compost (inc green waste), STC - STOCKBRIDGE TECHNOLOGY

Download the flyer for the conference here:

Gardeners Conference (217)

Download the full programme here:

Gardener's conference full programme (169)

Peat Behavioural Change Work by Rowntree Trust This is the psychology to be used on growers and gardeners to persuade the retailers that peat should be removed from them . It illustrates how much effort will be required to persuade gardeners not to buy reliable peat containing composts from Europe or buy plants grown in Europe with better survival rates . The fairness and balance of the sustainability argument is discussed

Jan30

SECTION | ENVIRONMENTAL NEWS, Latest updates, Peat and compost (inc green waste)

Click Here to read the summary.

Click Here to view the whole document.