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The Chairman of the Sustainable Growing Media Task Force has published on 12th July 2012 his report and draft roadmap, Towards Sustainable Growing Media. This is available on the Task Force website at http://www.defra.gov.uk/peat-taskforce/work/chairmans-report/

This report sets out the Chairman’s thoughts on the work of the Task Force to date and the challenges ahead as well as presenting a draft roadmap that shows how his proposals can be taken forward into actions. Unlike the Interim Report, this report does not provide a project by project update of progress. Instead the focus is on highlighting observations that have arisen across the piece.

Part 1 of the report is a personal take by the Chairman on the current state of the debate and the challenges ahead. Part 2 focuses on setting out emerging messages and observations building on the work of the Task Force focussed around a series of consensus points, although it highlights both areas of agreement and areas where it has not been possible to come to a consensus on the detail. Finally, Part 3 sets out a draft roadmap building on an exercise undertaken by the Task Force at its meeting on 11 May.

The Chairman is inviting feedback from all interested parties, whether Task Force members or not, by the end of September. He would like your views on any part or all of the report and would particularly welcome details of specific actions that individuals or organisations would be willing to undertake that can be added to the roadmap. There are no specific questions to be answered and, please note, this is not a Government consultation.

Feedback should be sent to the Secretariat by email by 30 September 2012. This should be sent to our new email address: growingmedia@defra.gsi.gov.uk

 

 

The Task Force has continued to make significant progress since the publication of its Interim Report in March and there is a great deal of consensus amongst Task Force members in many areas. Naturally, there remain some areas where consensus was harder to find. This report is the chairman’s summary of what he believes is a sensible, commercial and practical way forward and does not represent Government policy.

Communication above from: Soils Policy, Soils Programme, Defra, Room 3C, Nobel House, 17 Smith Square, London SW1P 3JR.