Amenity Pesticide Use
Dear South Ayrshire Council,
I am writing to you under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request the following information.
1. Please provide the following information on amenity pesticide usage:
a. A list of the pesticides you use (brand name, and active ingredient), this should include insecticides, fungicides, molluscicides and herbicides.
b. The COSHH assessment form for each of the pesticides you use.
c. Where these chemicals are used, i.e parks, road verges, pavements, tree bases etc.
d. Annual quantities of each pesticide used over the past 5 years. Please include the total amount of each used both by the council internally and externally through contractors.
e. Please also confirm the concentrations of each pesticide used at application.
2. What strategies does the council have in place to reduce the use of these pesticides? Please provide detail on these efforts including dates and costings where possible.
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), personal protective equipment, safety training, spray equipment, hazard signs, etc.
If it is not possible to provide the information requested above for any reason, I would be grateful for any further advice or assistance as to how I can refine my request. If any of this information is already in the public domain, please can you direct me to it, with page references and URLs as necessary.
If you have any queries please don’t hesitate to contact me via email or phone and I will be very happy to clarify what I am asking for and discuss the request.
Yours faithfully,
Kate Basley
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FOI Team | Information Governance | Chief Executive’s Office | [email address] |Tel: 01292 612223 |South Ayrshire Council | County Buildings, Wellington Square, Ayr, KA7 1DR | www.south-ayrshire.gov.uk
Good morning
Thank you for your recent enquiry which was given the above reference
number.
A.
Round Up Pro Vantage – Glyphosate
Trustee Amenity – Glyphosate
Chikara – flazasulfuron
ICade – aminopyralid & triclopyr
Junction - florasulam and 2,4-D
B. See attached forms
C. Grass edges, gravel paths, some shrub/rose borders, tree circles,
public footpaths/kerb edges, tree stumps, sports pitches, controls of
mares tail/Japanese knotweed (ICade)
D
Round Up Pro Vantage –
2016 - 1096ltrs – contractor
2016 – 800ltrs - SAC
2017 – 945ltrs – contractor
2017 – 800ltrs – SAC
2018 – 1131ltrs - contractor
2019 – 921ltrs – contractor
2020 – 290ltrs - contractor
2020 – 155ltrs to date - SAC
Trustee Amenity –
2017 – 100ltrs - SAC
2018 – 900ltrs - SAC
2019 – 1130ltrs – SAC
2020 – 354ltrs - contractor
2020 – 220ltrs to date - SAC
Chikara –
2016 – 4500 grams – SAC
2017 – 5850 grams – SAC
2018 – 7425 grams – SAC
2019 – 6600 grams – SAC
2020 – 3300 grams - SAC
ICade
2016 – 7ltrs – SAC
2017 – 3ltrs – SAC
2018 - - 12ltrs – SAC
2019 – 11ltrs – SAC
2020 – 5 ltrs – SAC to date
Junction –
2016 – no records
2017 – 35 ltrs - SAC
2018 – 40ltrs – SAC
2019 – 30ltrs – SAC
2020 – 35ltrs – SAC
Eco Plugs Max
2016 – 200plugs – SAC
2017 – 2000 plugs – SAC
2018 – 2000 plugs – SAC
2019 – 1000 plugs – SAC
2020 – 1000 plugs – SAC to date
E
All herbicides sprayed to manufacturers recommendations.
2
SAC has no strategies in place for the reduction in the use of herbicides.
We have a mulching programme in place for mulching of shrub and rose beds
which through time we should see a reduction in the amount of glyphosate
used.
3
We do not hold detailed records as asked for as all training, purchase of
PPE .
The cost for purchasing herbicides for the past 5 years for SAC use -
£62802.10
Contractor costs for the past 5 years including 2020 - £252366.51
I regret that Council staff costs for spray work are not separately
recorded as they form part of the wider grounds maintenance budget and
spraying is one of the many duties undertaken by grounds staff as part of
their duties. are not recorded in such a format
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and should be put in writing to Deborah McVey, Information Governance Team
Leader, South Ayrshire Council, County Buildings, Wellington Square, Ayr
KA7 1DR, Tel: 01292 612223, Email: [1][South Ayrshire Council request email]. If you
remain dissatisfied after a review, you have the right to apply to the
Scottish Information Commissioner for a decision. This must be submitted
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Kind regards
Andrew
FOI Team | Information Governance | Chief Executive’s Office | County
Buildings | Wellington Square | Ayr, KA7 1DR | Tel: 01292 612223 | E-mail:
[4][South Ayrshire Council request email] | [5]www.south-ayrshire.gov.uk
Dear Andrew,
Thank you very much for all the information you have sent across.
Best wishes,
Kate
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