Tips from Dr Matthew Davies Now is the time to give your dusting equipment a maintenance check – you don’t want to be caught short with malfunctioning equipment in the middle of a busy wasp season! Consider the importance of offering a service to remove the wasp nest after treatment. An old wasp nest can…
In readiness for professional pest controllers in private and public sectors, farmers, land managers and gamekeepers having to show proof of competence when purchasing professional use rodenticides under the forthcoming rodenticide stewardship regime, a list of 14 CRRU approved certificates has been released. Five approvals are of ‘grandfather’ certificates from courses no longer taking place,…
The BPCA has produced a Code of Best Practice for Pesticide Waste which covers all aspects of waste legislation with significant input from regulatory bodies in all four home countries. Click to download.
Killgerm has always prided itself in operating a fully licensed Waste Disposal Scheme. To support customers in their obligation under waste disposal legislation and ensure safe and environmentally sound disposal of waste Killgerm has operated the scheme free-of-charge for over 20 years. However, due to changes in waste classification this is no longer possible and…
The Environment Agency has provided further clarification on local authorities and waste carrier registration: A local authority’s upper tier waste carriers licence covers the pest control department’s waste. There is no need to have a lower tier waste carrier registration if an upper tier (or a lower tier) licence is already in place. For further…