Ending the sale of peat: consultation analysis
Analysis of responses to our consultation on ending the sale of peat in Scotland.
Appendix A: Quantitative Summary
The following tables outline the results for each of the closed questions in the consultation. Please note that the row percentages may not add to 100% due to rounding.
For each question the following tables show:
- The number of respondents from the total sample of 552 respondents who selected each response, and the corresponding percentage.
- The number and percentage response among those who answered each question, broken down by:
- Individual and organisation responses.
- By type of respondent.
Base | % Organisations |
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(n=) | 83[9] |
<10 | 35 |
10-49 | 12 |
50-249 | 7 |
250+ | 23 |
Not answered | 23 |
Base | n= | % Yes | % No | % No answer |
---|---|---|---|---|
All respondents (n=) | 552 | 452 | 39 | 61 |
All respondents (%) | 552 | 82 | 7 | 11 |
All answering (%) | 491 | 92 | 8 | - |
Individuals | 428 | 91 | 9 | - |
Organisations | 63 | 97 | 3 | - |
Individual - Hobby / Private Gardener | 309 | 97 | 3 | - |
Individual - Peat extractor / fuel for domestic use | 53 | 68 | 32 | - |
Individual – Other | 53 | 83 | 17 | - |
Professional gardener / commercial grower | 27 | 93 | 7 | - |
Organisation - eNGO | 8 | 100 | 0 | - |
Organisation - Retail plant sales | 13 | 100 | 0 | - |
Organisation - Growing Media | 8 | 100 | 0 | - |
Organisation - Whisky | 8 | 100 | 0 | - |
Organisation - Other | 12 | 92 | 8 | - |
Base | n= | % Yes, they are readily available and clearly labelled | % They are there but I need to scrutinise packaging to find them | % I often find it hard to tell what is contained within products | % I find it very difficult to find alternatives | % I actively seek products containing peat and do not wish to use alternatives | % I don’t consider what growing media is contained within products | % Other (please specify) | % No answer |
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All respondents (n=) | 552 | 166 | 157 | 41 | 39 | 28 | 3 | 64 | 54 |
All respondents (%) | 552 | 30 | 28 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 10 |
All answering (%) | 498 | 33 | 32 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 13 | - |
Individuals | 441 | 34 | 33 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 9 | - |
Organisations | 57 | 30 | 18 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 42 | - |
Individual - Hobby / Private Gardener | 334 | 38 | 39 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 3 | - |
Individual - Peat extractor / fuel for domestic use | 44 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 30 | 9 | 2 | 41 | - |
Individual – Other | 50 | 30 | 18 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 20 | - |
Professional gardener / commercial grower | 27 | 11 | 30 | 7 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 30 | - |
Organisation - eNGO | 9 | 33 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | - |
Organisation - Retail plant sales | 10 | 70 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | - |
Organisation - Growing Media | 7 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | - |
Organisation - Whisky | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 80 | - |
Organisation - Other | 12 | 17 | 25 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 42 | - |
Base | n= | % Not important | % Quite important | % Important | % Very important | % No answer |
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All respondents (n=) | 552 | 15 | 102 | 184 | 158 | 93 |
All respondents (%) | 552 | 3 | 18 | 33 | 29 | 17 |
All answering (%) | 459 | 3 | 22 | 40 | 34 | - |
Individuals | 409 | 4 | 24 | 43 | 29 | - |
Organisations | 50 | 0 | 6 | 16 | 78 | - |
Individual - Hobby / Private Gardener | 328 | 2 | 26 | 46 | 26 | - |
Individual - Peat extractor / fuel for domestic use | 25 | 16 | 8 | 40 | 36 | - |
Individual – Other | 43 | 7 | 23 | 33 | 37 | - |
Professional gardener / commercial grower | 28 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 82 | - |
Organisation - eNGO | 8 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 63 | - |
Organisation - Retail plant sales | 11 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 91 | - |
Organisation - Growing Media | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 86 | - |
Organisation - Whisky | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 | - |
Organisation - Other | 8 | 0 | 25 | 38 | 38 | - |
Base | n= | % Not important | % Quite important | % Important | % Very important | % No answer |
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All respondents (n=) | 552 | 27 | 169 | 184 | 77 | 95 |
All respondents (%) | 552 | 5 | 31 | 33 | 14 | 17 |
All answering (%) | 457 | 6 | 37 | 40 | 17 | - |
Individuals | 408 | 7 | 37 | 39 | 17 | - |
Organisations | 49 | 0 | 35 | 47 | 18 | - |
Individual - Hobby / Private Gardener | 325 | 7 | 39 | 42 | 12 | - |
Individual - Peat extractor / fuel for domestic use | 27 | 7 | 4 | 37 | 52 | - |
Individual – Other | 43 | 2 | 44 | 30 | 23 | - |
Professional gardener / commercial grower | 28 | 4 | 29 | 43 | 25 | - |
Organisation - eNGO | 8 | 0 | 50 | 38 | 13 | - |
Organisation - Retail plant sales | 11 | 0 | 18 | 64 | 18 | - |
Organisation - Growing Media | 6 | 0 | 33 | 33 | 33 | - |
Organisation - Whisky | 1 | 0 | 100 | 0 | 0 | - |
Organisation - Other | 8 | 0 | 63 | 25 | 13 | - |
Base | n= | % Not important | % Quite important | % Important | % Very important | % No answer |
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All respondents (n=) | 552 | 19 | 110 | 201 | 125 | 97 |
All respondents (%) | 552 | 3 | 20 | 36 | 23 | 18 |
All answering (%) | 455 | 4 | 24 | 44 | 27 | - |
Individuals | 405 | 5 | 26 | 47 | 22 | - |
Organisations | 50 | 0 | 6 | 22 | 72 | - |
Individual - Hobby / Private Gardener | 325 | 4 | 28 | 48 | 20 | - |
Individual - Peat extractor / fuel for domestic use | 25 | 8 | 16 | 52 | 24 | - |
Individual – Other | 42 | 7 | 24 | 40 | 29 | - |
Professional gardener / commercial grower | 28 | 0 | 11 | 29 | 61 | - |
Organisation - eNGO | 8 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 50 | - |
Organisation - Retail plant sales | 11 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 82 | - |
Organisation - Growing Media | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 | - |
Organisation - Whisky | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 | - |
Organisation - Other | 8 | 0 | 25 | 25 | 50 | - |
Base | n= | % Not important | % Quite important | % Important | % Very important | % No answer |
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All respondents (n=) | 552 | 20 | 34 | 53 | 356 | 89 |
All respondents (%) | 552 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 64 | 16 |
All answering (%) | 463 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 77 | - |
Individuals | 412 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 79 | - |
Organisations | 51 | 0 | 12 | 25 | 63 | - |
Individual - Hobby / Private Gardener | 331 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 85 | - |
Individual - Peat extractor / fuel for domestic use | 25 | 32 | 16 | 36 | 16 | - |
Individual – Other | 43 | 16 | 19 | 5 | 60 | - |
Professional gardener / commercial grower | 28 | 0 | 7 | 25 | 68 | - |
Organisation - eNGO | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 | - |
Organisation - Retail plant sales | 11 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 64 | - |
Organisation - Growing Media | 7 | 0 | 29 | 43 | 29 | - |
Organisation - Whisky | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 | - |
Organisation - Other | 8 | 0 | 25 | 13 | 63 | - |
Base | n= | % Not important | % Quite important | % Important | % Very important | % No answer |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All respondents (n=) | 552 | 382 | 44 | 15 | 7 | 104 |
All respondents (%) | 552 | 69 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 19 |
All answering (%) | 448 | 85 | 10 | 3 | 2 | - |
Individuals | 400 | 88 | 8 | 3 | 1 | - |
Organisations | 48 | 63 | 29 | 4 | 4 | - |
Individual - Hobby / Private Gardener | 321 | 91 | 6 | 2 | 1 | - |
Individual - Peat extractor / fuel for domestic use | 24 | 71 | 17 | 8 | 4 | - |
Individual – Other | 42 | 79 | 14 | 2 | 5 | - |
Professional gardener / commercial grower | 27 | 70 | 19 | 11 | 0 | - |
Organisation - eNGO | 8 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
Organisation - Retail plant sales | 10 | 50 | 30 | 10 | 10 | - |
Organisation - Growing Media | 7 | 29 | 71 | 0 | 0 | - |
Organisation - Whisky | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 | - |
Organisation - Other | 8 | 75 | 25 | 0 | 0 | - |
Base | n= | % Yes | % No | % I don't look at information on packaging/ signage | % No answer |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
All respondents (n=) | 552 | 134 | 301 | 44 | 73 |
All respondents (%) | 552 | 24 | 55 | 8 | 13 |
All answering (%) | 479 | 28 | 63 | 9 | - |
Individuals | 435 | 28 | 62 | 10 | - |
Organisations | 44 | 27 | 68 | 5 | - |
Individual - Hobby / Private Gardener | 336 | 27 | 69 | 4 | - |
Individual - Peat extractor / fuel for domestic use | 36 | 50 | 14 | 36 | - |
Individual – Other | 50 | 22 | 46 | 32 | - |
Professional gardener / commercial grower | 25 | 20 | 76 | 4 | - |
Organisation - eNGO | 7 | 14 | 86 | 0 | - |
Organisation - Retail plant sales | 9 | 22 | 78 | 0 | - |
Organisation - Growing Media | 5 | 60 | 40 | 0 | - |
Organisation - Whisky | 1 | 100 | 0 | 0 | - |
Organisation - Other | 10 | 20 | 70 | 10 | - |
Base | n= | % Yes | % No | % I don't look at information on packaging /signage | % No answer |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
All respondents (n=) | 552 | 281 | 164 | 36 | 71 |
All respondents (%) | 552 | 51 | 30 | 7 | 13 |
All answering (%) | 481 | 58 | 34 | 7 | - |
Individuals | 435 | 58 | 34 | 8 | - |
Organisations | 46 | 65 | 30 | 4 | - |
Individual - Hobby / Private Gardener | 335 | 61 | 37 | 1 | - |
Individual - Peat extractor / fuel for domestic use | 36 | 56 | 8 | 36 | - |
Individual – Other | 51 | 37 | 31 | 31 | - |
Professional gardener / commercial grower | 25 | 56 | 40 | 4 | - |
Organisation - eNGO | 8 | 38 | 63 | 0 | - |
Organisation - Retail plant sales | 9 | 89 | 11 | 0 | - |
Organisation - Growing Media | 6 | 100 | 0 | 0 | - |
Organisation - Whisky | 1 | 100 | 0 | 0 | - |
Organisation - Other | 10 | 40 | 50 | 10 | - |
Base | n= | % Yes, so I can make an informed decision on what I purchase | % Yes, so I can avoid buying plants in peat | % I don't wish to know what growing medium the plants I buy are growing in | % The plants I buy display information detailing the growing medium used | % No answer |
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All respondents (n=) | 552 | 181 | 245 | 35 | 10 | 81 |
All respondents (%) | 552 | 33 | 44 | 6 | 2 | 15 |
All answering (%) | 471 | 38 | 52 | 7 | 2 | - |
Individuals | 425 | 37 | 54 | 8 | 2 | - |
Organisations | 46 | 54 | 35 | 7 | 4 | - |
Individual - Hobby / Private Gardener | 332 | 33 | 62 | 4 | 1 | - |
Individual - Peat extractor / fuel for domestic use | 32 | 59 | 6 | 28 | 6 | - |
Individual – Other | 48 | 44 | 33 | 17 | 6 | - |
Professional gardener / commercial grower | 23 | 43 | 43 | 9 | 4 | - |
Organisation - eNGO | 11 | 64 | 36 | 0 | 0 | - |
Organisation - Retail plant sales | 8 | 63 | 38 | 0 | 0 | - |
Organisation - Growing Media | 5 | 40 | 20 | 40 | 0 | - |
Organisation - Whisky | 1 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
Organisation - Other | 11 | 64 | 18 | 9 | 9 | - |
Base | n= | % Impossible | % Difficult | % Fairly Easy | % Very Easy | % No answer |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All respondents (n=) | 552 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 28 | 486 |
All respondents (%) | 552 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 88 |
All answering (%) | 66 | 15 | 21 | 21 | 42 | - |
Individuals | 37 | 19 | 19 | 27 | 35 | - |
Organisations | 29 | 10 | 24 | 14 | 52 | - |
Individual - Hobby / Private Gardener | 17 | 29 | 12 | 12 | 47 | - |
Individual - Peat extractor / fuel for domestic use | 7 | 0 | 29 | 57 | 14 | - |
Individual – Other | 8 | 25 | 13 | 38 | 25 | - |
Professional gardener / commercial grower | 11 | 0 | 27 | 9 | 64 | - |
Organisation - eNGO | 5 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 80 | - |
Organisation - Retail plant sales | 10 | 20 | 30 | 20 | 30 | - |
Organisation - Growing Media | 3 | 0 | 33 | 33 | 33 | - |
Organisation - Whisky | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
Organisation - Other | 5 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 40 | - |
Base | n= | % Yes | % No | % No answer |
---|---|---|---|---|
All respondents (n=) | 552 | 286 | 128 | 138 |
All respondents (%) | 552 | 52 | 23 | 25 |
All answering (%) | 414 | 69 | 31 | - |
Individuals | 351 | 74 | 26 | - |
Organisations | 63 | 43 | 57 | - |
Individual - Hobby / Private Gardener | 242 | 90 | 10 | - |
Individual - Peat extractor / fuel for domestic use | 49 | 20 | 80 | - |
Individual – Other | 47 | 47 | 53 | - |
Professional gardener / commercial grower | 28 | 61 | 39 | - |
Organisation - eNGO | 9 | 89 | 11 | - |
Organisation - Retail plant sales | 12 | 42 | 58 | - |
Organisation - Growing Media | 8 | 25 | 75 | - |
Organisation - Whisky | 8 | 0 | 100 | - |
Organisation - Other | 11 | 45 | 55 | - |
Base | n= | % Availability of suitable alternatives | % Cost | % Change in equipment/machinery required | % Storage | % Performance | % Other (please specify) | % No answer |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All respondents (n=) | 128 | 75 | 70 | 21 | 14 | 46 | 27 | 4 |
All respondents (%) | 128 | 59 | 55 | 16 | 11 | 36 | 21 | <0.5 |
All answering (%) | 124 | 60 | 56 | 17 | 11 | 37 | 22 | - |
Individuals | 88 | 51 | 60 | 15 | 9 | 28 | 19 | - |
Organisations | 36 | 83 | 47 | 22 | 17 | 58 | 28 | - |
Individual - Hobby / Private Gardener | 23 | 48 | 35 | 4 | 4 | 35 | 13 | - |
Individual - Peat extractor / fuel for domestic use | 38 | 47 | 89 | 21 | 11 | 26 | 13 | - |
Individual – Other | 24 | 58 | 38 | 13 | 13 | 25 | 38 | - |
Professional gardener / commercial grower | 11 | 82 | 82 | 36 | 0 | 73 | 9 | - |
Organisation - eNGO | 1 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
Organisation - Retail plant sales | 7 | 100 | 43 | 14 | 29 | 71 | 14 | - |
Organisation - Growing Media | 6 | 100 | 100 | 67 | 67 | 100 | 50 | - |
Organisation - Whisky | 8 | 63 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 25 | - |
Organisation - Other | 6 | 67 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 50 | - |
Base | n= | % Yes (please specify) | % No | % Sometimes (please specify) | % No answer |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
All respondents (n=) | 552 | 34 | 296 | 27 | 195 |
All respondents (%) | 552 | 6 | 54 | 5 | 35 |
All answering (%) | 357 | 10 | 83 | 8 | - |
Individuals | 302 | 6 | 89 | 6 | - |
Organisations | 55 | 31 | 51 | 18 | - |
Individual - Hobby / Private Gardener | 244 | 5 | 92 | 4 | - |
Individual - Peat extractor / fuel for domestic use | 19 | 11 | 63 | 26 | - |
Individual – Other | 27 | 11 | 81 | 7 | - |
Professional gardener / commercial grower | 26 | 27 | 62 | 12 | - |
Organisation - eNGO | 11 | 18 | 82 | 0 | - |
Organisation - Retail plant sales | 12 | 25 | 42 | 33 | - |
Organisation - Growing Media | 8 | 63 | 13 | 25 | - |
Organisation - Whisky | 1 | 0 | 100 | 0 | - |
Organisation - Other | 9 | 11 | 67 | 22 | - |
Base | n= | % A small percentage should be allowed to account for that which is transferred when replanting propagated material | % A percentage should be allowed, for a finite period of time, to facilitate transition away from peat for certain plants (please specify plant and %) | % None / No instances / 0% | % Other (please specify) | % No answer |
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All respondents (n=) | 552 | 45 | 60 | 103 | 36 | 316 |
All respondents (%) | 552 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 7 | 57 |
All answering (%) | 236 | 19 | 25 | 44 | 15 | - |
Individuals | 193 | 20 | 24 | 48 | 10 | - |
Organisations | 43 | 16 | 33 | 23 | 37 | - |
Individual - Hobby / Private Gardener | 150 | 17 | 23 | 55 | 7 | - |
Individual - Peat extractor / fuel for domestic use | 9 | 44 | 33 | 0 | 22 | - |
Individual – Other | 24 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | - |
Professional gardener / commercial grower | 19 | 21 | 26 | 32 | 37 | - |
Organisation - eNGO | 10 | 0 | 20 | 40 | 30 | - |
Organisation - Retail plant sales | 12 | 25 | 33 | 17 | 33 | - |
Organisation - Growing Media | 7 | 29 | 29 | 14 | 43 | - |
Organisation - Whisky | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
Organisation - Other | 5 | 0 | 60 | 20 | 20 | - |
Base | n= | % Yes - for all/ most peat sales | % Yes - for all horticultural peat sales | % Yes - for retail horticultural peat sales (amateur/ hobby gardeners) | % Yes - for professional horticultural peat sales | % No | % No answer |
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All respondents (n=) | 552 | 320 | 61 | 24 | 10 | 99 | 38 |
All respondents (%) | 552 | 58 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 7 |
All answering (%) | 514 | 62 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 19 | - |
Individuals | 448 | 65 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 18 | - |
Organisations | 66 | 47 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 29 | - |
Individual - Hobby / Private Gardener | 330 | 76 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 8 | - |
Individual - Peat extractor / fuel for domestic use | 50 | 6 | 18 | 2 | 10 | 64 | - |
Individual – Other | 56 | 45 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 39 | - |
Professional gardener / commercial grower | 26 | 58 | 4 | 19 | 0 | 19 | - |
Organisation - eNGO | 15 | 80 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 7 | - |
Organisation - Retail plant sales | 12 | 50 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 33 | - |
Organisation - Growing Media | 8 | 0 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 75 | - |
Organisation - Whisky | 3 | 0 | 67 | 33 | 0 | 0 | - |
Organisation - Other | 14 | 50 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 29 | - |
Base | n= | % Yes, positively | % Yes, negatively | % No | % No answer |
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All respondents (n=) | 552 | 29 | 75 | 116 | 332 |
All respondents (%) | 552 | 5 | 14 | 21 | 60 |
All answering (%) | 220 | 13 | 34 | 53 | - |
Individuals | 159 | 8 | 25 | 67 | - |
Organisations | 61 | 26 | 57 | 16 | - |
Individual - Hobby / Private Gardener | 86 | 5 | 7 | 88 | - |
Individual - Peat extractor / fuel for domestic use | 28 | 11 | 61 | 29 | - |
Individual – Other | 32 | 9 | 47 | 44 | - |
Professional gardener / commercial grower | 29 | 24 | 41 | 34 | - |
Organisation - eNGO | 7 | 57 | 14 | 29 | - |
Organisation - Retail plant sales | 12 | 42 | 50 | 8 | - |
Organisation - Growing Media | 8 | 13 | 88 | 0 | - |
Organisation - Whisky | 7 | 0 | 100 | 0 | - |
Organisation - Other | 11 | 18 | 36 | 45 | - |
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