Annual quantities of Glyphosate used over the past 5 years - Find a freedom of information request

1. Does the council use any pesticides to maintain green areas? If it used to, but has now stopped, when did it stop using them?

2. Please provide the following information on amenity pesticide usage, if the council uses pesticides, or used to in the past 5 years.

Does the council use Glyphosate?

Annual quantities of Glyphosate used over the past 5 years. Please provide the quantities for each year separately and include the total amount used both by the council internally and externally through contractors.

Where is Glyphosate used, i.e., parks, play areas, highway verges and roads, pavements, tree bases, estate-based green spaces, etc.

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).

4. If the council has stopped using pesticides, how much has been spent on maintaining green spaces over the last five years, and what method is used (i.e., no control, manual weeding, mowing and hand pulling, propane/flame gun, etc.) Please include staff costs of people employed to undertake this (either contractors or council staff).

5. If the council has stopped spraying, has it had any complaints for not well-maintained green spaces (i.e., invasive and pernicious weeds) in the past 5 years and how many? Please provide the number of complaints for each year separately. Please provide the above in a CSV format.

6. Has the council made any pledge to reduce or stop the usage of pesticides and if so, what strategies does the council have in place to reduce/stop the use of these pesticides? Please provide details on the action plan including dates and costings where possible.

I can confirm that the information requested is held by Lincolnshire County Council. I have detailed below the information that is being released to you.

1. No

2. No

a) Yes

b) 2018. 0.6 litres

2019. 2.66 litres

2020. 0.7 litres

2021. 2.1 litres

2022. 4.5 litres

c) Used on tree bases and highway verges for knotweed control.

3. Figures below just for Glyphosate applied.

2018. £150.00

2019. £1100.00

2020. £450.00

2021. £1000.00

2022. £5400.00

4. N/a

5. We do not hold this information.

6. Lincolnshire County Council does not hold this information