Freedom of information response
Pesticides to maintain green
1. Does the council use any pesticides to maintain green areas? If it used to, but has now stopped, when did it stop using them?
2. Please provide the following information on amenity pesticide usage, if the council uses pesticides, or used to in the past 5 years.
A. Does the council use Glyphosate?
B. Annual quantities of Glyphosate used over the past 5 years. Please provide the quantities for each year separately and include the total amount used both by the council internally and externally through contractors.
C. Where is Glyphosate used, i.e., parks, play areas, highway verges and roads, pavements, tree bases, estate-based green spaces, etc.
3. How much has the council spent on purchasing and spraying amenity pesticides over the past 5 years? Please include staff costs of people employed to undertake this (either contractors or council staff).
4. If the council has stopped using pesticides, how much has been spent on maintaining green spaces over the last five years, and what method is used (i.e., no control, manual weeding, mowing and hand pulling, propane/flame gun, etc.) Please include staff costs of people employed to undertake this (either contractors or council staff).
5. If the council has stopped spraying, has it had any complaints for not well-maintained green spaces (i.e., invasive and pernicious weeds) in the past 5 years and how many? Please provide the number of complaints for each year separately.
Please provide the above in a CSV format.
6. Has the council made any pledge to reduce or stop the usage of pesticides and if so, what strategies does the council have in place to reduce/stop the use of these pesticides? Please provide details on the action plan including dates and costings where possible.
1. Does the council use any pesticides to maintain green areas? If it used to, but has now stopped, when did it stop using them?
We use Glyphosate for weed control on hard standing areas, kerb lines and path edges.
2. Please provide the following information on amenity pesticide usage, if the council uses pesticides, or used to in the past 5 years.
- Does the council use Glyphosate?
Yes, we use Glyphosate.
- Annual quantities of Glyphosate used over the past 5 years. Please provide the quantities for each year separately and include the total amount used both by the council internally and externally through contractors.
2018/2019 = 800 litres purchased
2019/2020 = 240 litres purchased
2020/2021 = 1,140 litres purchased
2021/2022 = 1,560 litres purchased
2022/2023 = 560 litres purchased
2023 YTD = 0 litres purchased
We do not have data on the use of glyphosate by external contractors.
- Where is Glyphosate used, i.e., parks, play areas, highway verges and roads, pavements, tree bases, estate-based green spaces, etc.
Glyphosate is used in for weed control on hard standing areas and path edges in parks, play areas, highway verges and roads, pavements and estate-based green spaces.
3.How much has the council spent on purchasing and spraying amenity pesticides over the past 5 years? Please include staff costs of people employed to undertake this (either contractors or council staff).
We do not have the data broken down to this level of detail.
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4. If the council has stopped using pesticides, how much has been spent on maintaining green spaces over the last five years, and what method is used (i.e., no control, manual weeding, mowing and hand pulling, propane/flame gun, etc.) Please include staff costs of people employed to undertake this (either contractors or council staff).
We still use Glyphosate.
5. If the council has stopped spraying, has it had any complaints for not well-maintained green spaces (i.e., invasive and pernicious weeds) in the past 5 years and how many? Please provide the number of complaints for each year separately.
Please provide the above in a CSV format.
We still use Glyphosate.
6. Has the council made any pledge to reduce or stop the usage of pesticides and if so, what strategies does the council have in place to reduce/stop the use of these pesticides? Please provide details on the action plan including dates and costings where possible.
No