PAN UK
 
Home and garden survey results
Besides our ongoing national survey of home and garden pesticide use and disposal we have also carried out local surveys in a couple of regions in England. These local surveys have questioned residents about their use of pesticides, whether they ever have unwanted pesticides, and how they dispose of such chemicals. The following is an example of a survey carried out in a region where there are two local civic amenity sites, one of which has facilities for separate disposal of household hazardous chemicals.

What do you typically do with leftover pesticides?
Store them indefinitely
52%
Dispose of them down the drain
2.7%
Dispose of in a bin
16%
Take to the local authority facility
13.3%
Other
13.3%

For more information about this project contact Roslyn McKendry, National Project Officer at PAN UK

 

"Go to the shelf where you keep your pesticides. Put them in a bag. Seal them up. Hand them in. Dispose of them safely. They are poisons. They are poisoning you and they are poisoning the planet"
Monty Don, Gardening Expert

 
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