Amenity Pesticide Use
Dear East Renfrewshire 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.
Thank you for your time and I look forward to your response.
Yours faithfully,
Kate Basley
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A Customer Service Officer will either answer your enquiry directly or
forward it to the appropriate Officer in East Renfrewshire Council within
the next 5 working days.
If your enquiry is a complaint you should receive a response within 5
working days. If it is a Freedom of Information request you should
receive a response within 20 working days.
Did you know you can access a wide range of Council services online 24/7.
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The council processes your personal data on the legal basis of carrying
out tasks in the public interest or for performance of a contract. You
can find out how we use your information in our privacy statement on our
website. [2]http://www.eastrenfrewshire.gov.uk/datap...
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Customer Services
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Dear Ms Basley
Information Request under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002
I refer to your recent freedom of information request regarding pesticides used within East Renfrewshire.
Please see attached COSHH Assessments that provides all information requested. I have attached our spend for Hi-Aktiv however unfortunately due to offices restrictions due to the COVID -19 pandemic I am unable to gather the data in relation to cost and literage for Chikara and Icade as this information is held in paper format. If you still require this information I would ask that you contact us at a later date when hopefully office restrictions have changed.
I hope this information is of assistance to you and if you require further information please do not hesitate to contact me directly.
East Renfrewshire Council offers the opportunity to apply for a review of how we have dealt with your enquiry. If you wish to proceed to review, please apply in writing within 40 working days to: Chief Solicitor, Council Headquarters, Rouken Glen Road, Giffnock , G46 6UG, marking your letter “Freedom of Information, request for review”, and stating the exact nature of the matter you wish to be reviewed.
The review will be carried out within 20 working days of receipt. If you are dissatisfied with the outcome of the review, you have the right to then appeal to the Scottish Information Commissioner who has extensive powers to investigate such matters. His address is:
The Scottish Information Commissioner
Kilburn Castle
St Andrews
Fife
KY16 9DS
Yours sincerely
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