Phasing out urban pesticides

This briefing sets out how the UK government can support councils in phasing-out the use of pesticides in villages, towns and cities, and is based on feedback from UK councillors and council officers regarding the kind of support they need.

PAN UK has been running the Pesticide-Free Towns Campaign for 10 years, and in this time over 100 councils across the UK have either ended their use of pesticides or taken significant steps towards doing so (50 are entirely pesticide-free).

Now, we are urging the UK government to follow the examples of European countries such as France, Luxembourg and Denmark, which have all successfully banned pesticide use in public spaces.