Biffa bags 30,000-tonne composting facility in Oxfordshire
Biffa has acquired a composting facility in Oxfordshire, increasing its organic waste…
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Amateur gardeners to be banned from using peat compost from 2024
Peatlands are the UK's largest carbon store but only around 13% are said to be in a…
UK’s protected peatlands being hit by illegal fires, finds new report
An investigation by Greenpeace suggests more than 250 fires took place over six months despite…
National Grid restores ancient peat bog in South Wales
The bog consists of 350,000 cubic metres of peat, which stores the equivalent carbon emitted…
Government criticised over ‘toothless’ biodiversity strategy
EAC says biodiversity loss is not being treated with the same urgency and ambition as climate…
Wales launches action plan to manage carbon-storing peatlands
Peat is made up of organic carbon which has been trapped in the earth for thousands of years…
Conserving tropical peatlands ‘is vital to protecting humans from infectious disease’
An international study team led by the University of Exeter suggests protecting such areas…
Biomass and peat power plant to remain open until 2030
Ireland’s planning board has given approval for the continued operation of the Edenderry power…
