Where and when in Wirral does the Council use glyphosate

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Dear Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council,

Could you provide details of where and when Wirral Council continues to use glyphosate?

Could you also provide a justification for its continued use?

Yours faithfully,

Tim Watson

InfoMgr, FinDMT, Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council

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Dear Mr Watson

 

Thank you for your recent Freedom of Information request. Please see below
our response to your enquiry.

 

Q Could you provide details of where and when Wirral Council continues to
use glyphosate?

A Wirral Council uses glyphosate to assist with the control of weeds at
the edges of roads and along pavements and also around bins and the edges
of hard surfaces in some of its parks.

 

Q Could you also provide a justification for its continued use?

A Controlling weed growth at road edges, pavements and at the edges of
hard standing areas is necessary to help keep the borough looking
attractive. Glyphosate has recently undergone a thorough review in Europe
and been re-approved for use in amenity situations.

 

Yours sincerely

 

 

Lynette Paterson

Principal Information Management Officer

Business Management

 

Treasury Building

Argyle Street
Birkenhead
Wirral
CH41 1AH

 

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