Glass, plastic, roof insulation, oyster shells: what Australian consumers found in garden soil products

People who bought top dressing and potting mix from major retailers say poor regulation and a lack of labelling makes it impossible to trace the source of contaminationGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastA simple back yard landscaping job became something more complicated for Steve Douglas when he discovered a top dressing applied to his lawn in the NSW southern highlands was littered with glass, plastic and other debris."As I watered the lawn, or when it rained, the finer materials would wash through to reveal debris and rubbish - plastic, glass fragments, glass shards, electrical wire fragments and lots of semi-degraded plastic bag fragments and oyster shells," Douglas says.Sign up for Guardian Australia's free morning and afternoon email newsletters for your daily news roundup Continue reading...