South Lanarkshire Council improves in becoming a pesticide free council

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South Lanarkshire Council is making progress on becoming a pesticide-free council.At the Climate Change and Sustainability Committee on February 8, councillors heard of the progress of the council’s grounds team trialling different environmentally-friendly pesticides across the area.As agreed in December 2020, the council’s grounds service undertook a range of trials of alternative methods of weed control.

It has reduced its use of certain pesticides and introduced climate-friendly ones.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.

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But bear in mind the licensing conditions of glyphosate are to reduce exposure to vulnerable groups, so looking at schools, play parks, public areas, carer garden schemes – so it would be good to see a plan going through about how we will reduce in those areas.”Although ground services have used alternative methods, the use of glyphosate on a range of surfaces has been continued due to the absence of reliable and affordable