In September 2019, the Environmental Scrutiny Committee published a report titled Managing Biodiversity & Natural Environment in Cardiff.
The report contained forty recommendations one of which centred around the use of Glyphosate for the purposes of weed control throughout the city. In response to the Committees recommendations concerning the use of alternative products and in a Cabinet report in November 2020 it was determined that a trial utilising such should take place.
The Council undertook a trial, focusing on pavement treatment which commenced in the Spring of 2021 and commissioned an independent assessment of the process and outcomes through Advanced Invasives Ltd, a leading invasive plant consultancy in the UK.
The trial sought to determine the environmental, cost, customer and quality factors associated with the use of Glyphosate and alternative products trialled.
Decision type: Key
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Notice of proposed decision first published: 09/12/2022
Decision due: 19 Jan 2023 by Cabinet
Scrutiny Consideration: Green