LoginSCOTSS turns up the heat on peat
Trading standards bosses in Scotland have raised concerns over peat contained in compost
Posted 10 November 2021 | JoTS Online
Content Tags: Updates|Consumer Goods and Services|Scotland
UPDATES: A Scottish project is testing the peat content of garden compost to assess compliance with environmental claims and help trading standards officers advise producers and retailers as restrictions on peat use continue to tighten.
A new project spearheaded by the Society of Chief Officers of Trading Standards in Scotland (SCOTSS) is examining the peat content of garden compost. The intitative comes in response to increasing concerns about the ecological damage caused by peat harvesting and the introduction of new Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/green-cla...
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