But less harmful than peat. In the same way as electric cars are not free of environmental harms, by any means, but better than petrol. The best option would be to not have a car at all, to not use any bagged compost. But modern life is hard to adapt. It's almost impossible for people of working age to get by without a smart phone, for example, with their batteries and precious, finite resources used in unconscionable quantities. We aren't able to have no impact. We can have less impact
Gardening on the edge of Exmoor, in Devon
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
I am not sure why people have issues with green manure. I have used it as a soil conditioner for years and never had an issue. I have seen how they make it and the heaps get too hot for anything nasty to survive.
How can you lie there and think of England When you don't even know who's in the team
Surely the biggest problem with coir, is that it's shipped from half way round the planet? Hardly an environmental solution
Coir is only one possible ingredient in peat free composts, so to my mind not a reason to stick with peat.
You might be interested in this from a pas2060 certified company, “ Some people suggest importing material from the other side of the world cannot be sustainable or ‘green’. Yet, you might be interested to know the carbon footprint of shipping coir from India to the UK is 5.5% of the total carbon footprint in the supply chain. There’s more carbon used bringing bark from Scotland to Liverpool in the UK than there is taking coir from India to the UK! So, the number of miles and impact at each stage of the journey from coconut to compost is more complex than people often realise.” https://southerntrident.com/pas2060-carbon-certified/
Whereas, “Waiting another two years until 2024 to ban peat use could add more than 1.5 million tonnes of CO2 to our atmosphere – roughly equivalent to the annual greenhouse gas emissions of more than 214,000 UK residents.” and, “Peat extracted for horticulture in 2020 alone could release up to 880,000 tonnes of CO2 – equivalent in emissions to driving to the moon and back 4,600 times.” https://www.wildlifetrusts.org/news/devastating-using-peat-uk-horticulture
I've just purchased 150 litres of Verve peat free compost, from B&Q. I do not find anything wrong with it. I couldn't find it contains coir, but may be mistaken.
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When you don't even know who's in the team
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Whereas, “Waiting another two years until 2024 to ban peat use could add more than 1.5 million tonnes of CO2 to our atmosphere – roughly equivalent to the annual greenhouse gas emissions of more than 214,000 UK residents.” and, “Peat extracted for horticulture in 2020 alone could release up to 880,000 tonnes of CO2 – equivalent in emissions to driving to the moon and back 4,600 times.” https://www.wildlifetrusts.org/news/devastating-using-peat-uk-horticulture
I couldn't find it contains coir, but may be mistaken.