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Coconut coir cuts carbon emissions by up to 97% versus peat — no extraction impact, no decomposition penalty. See the numbers behind the claim.

Peat has a carbon problem, and it doesn't start or end at the bog. From the moment it's harvested to the moment it breaks down in your garden bed, peat releases carbon that took thousands of years to store. Coconut coir tells a different story. As a byproduct of coconut farming — not a mined, non-renewable resource — coir sidesteps both of peat's biggest emissions sources: extraction and decomposition. Across the board, studies place coir's lifecycle emissions at just 3-32% of peat's, and even in coir's worst-case scenario, it still comes in 84% below peat's best case.

Here's what that actually means for your garden, your growing operation, and the planet.