FOI request (FOIR-113344519)

Herbicides

Requested Wed 10 April 2019
Responded  Thu 18 April 2019

I am making this request under the Freedom of Information Act. Could you please provide the following information:

Has the council or its contractors used any glyphosate-based herbicides in the year 2018/2019? Yes or no.

Can you confirm the total litres of glyphosate-based herbicides applied either by the council or its contractors in 2018/2019?

What is the percentage change (increase or decrease) in litres usage of glyphosate-based herbicides from 2017/2018 to 2018/2019?

Can you confirm the total £ amount spent on glyphosate-based herbicides by the council or its contractors in 2018/2019?

What was the brand name of the glyphosate-based herbicides used in the year 2018/2019?

Were glyphosate-based herbicides used on any playgrounds in the year 2018/2019?

Were glyphosate-based herbicides used on any school grounds in the year 2018/2019?

Were glyphosate-based herbicides used on any housing estates in the year 2018/2019?

Were glyphosate-based herbicides used on any hospital grounds in the year 2018/2019?

Were glyphosate-based herbicides used on any NHS doctor surgeries in the year 2018/2019?

Were glyphosate-based herbicides used within a 10m radius of any playgrounds, schools, hospitals, housing estates or private homes in the year 2018/2019?

Has the council or its contractors currently used any other herbicides or methods of killing weeds in 2018/2019 i.e. not glyphosate-based? If yes, what other herbicides or methods were used in 2018/2019?

Has the council or its contractors used any insecticides in the year 2018/2019?

If yes, what is the brand name, or active ingredient, of the insecticides used in 2018/2019?

Has the council or its contractors used any fungicides in the year 2018/2019?

If yes, what is the brand name, or active ingredient, of the fungicides used in 2018/2019?

Response

Hastings Borough Council holds no information in respect of herbicides used, this would be held by our contractor.