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William Sinclair labelling 'could mislead' greens claim
by
Matthew Appleby
HortWeek.com
05 September 2008
Green campaigners have hit out at compost producer William Sinclair's use of a carbon label on its peat-based products that they say under-estimates life-cycle CO2 emissions by a factor of five.
This season, Sinclair stamped its J Arthur Bower’s multi-purpose compost, containing 75-80 per cent peat, with claims about its life-cycle carbon dioxide emissions that experts have said "miss the point". The label shows a footprint design next to the phrase "carbon footprint", together with the figure 25g/l CO2 and...
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