Waste and Recycling
Why our notion of pesticides best practice needs to radically change
The amenity sector – all those areas that are not agricultural or amateur gardens – is the second largest user of pesticides in the UK, covering 4-5% of total pesticides used. Compared to agriculture, this is not a huge amount, but when looking at the number of people that could be exposed to potentially harmful chemicals, amenity use grows in significance.
Millions of people live, work and play in the towns and cities of the UK, the parks, schools, streets, sports pitches and playgrounds of which are treated with pesticides regularly.
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