The Green Gap: Why our sustainable start-up is struggling against a broken system

James Murray
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Trewin Restorick's new start-up Treasure Gardening is delivering truly sustainable peat-free compost, but has found itself facing delays to promised policies and the entrenched power of unsustainable incumbents

For six months, my company, Treasure Gardening, has been seeking to play a role in the UK's green transition. Our first product, 'Wonderfuel', is a premium peat-free compost that outperforms peat-based...

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