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The background to this is that the labels on all second generation anticoagulant rodenticides (SGARs) are changing. They will soon say 'for use in and around buildings'. This means that no one will be able to use SGARs away from buildings or what is being termed 'use in open areas'. This document lays out possible routes to allow the use of SGARs in 'open areas'. The route being looked is to have a Stewardship regime and this is the proposal.

Matt, clearly it is still a pain in the arse! It involves developing a whole new set of systems and then a whole new load of on going paperwork. The details are still being discussed and the industry is trying to establish where the boundaries are. Muddy, the 'cowboys' will not be discouraged; in fact it will just widen the gap between those that try to meet the legislative minefield and those that do not bother. The higher the overall costs of 'red tape' the easier it is for cowboys to undercut / have larger the margins. When the potential margins are higher, it becomes more attractive to

Matt, if I remember correctly Mr Muddy is correct and waste pesticides produced at domestic premises are exempt. With regards to the 'Waste Transfer Note', the derogation will allow pesticides to be removed and so long as a full 'log' of how much, where and when, is sent through quarterly. Details of exactly what information is going to be acceptable is not clear at this point but you will not have to submit loads of individual Waste Transfer Notes. There will be a charge of £10 per quarter. Note that this will get the waste as far as your depot / office waste area; after that any waste w

It is a bizarre state of affairs when rodenticides become more hazardous as soon as you take them out of the tub! They are 'not classified' when you buy them, they are 'not classified' when you use them..... but become classified as 'hazardous' once you remove them. The tub they are in is just a tub until all the bait is removed.... then it becomes hazardous. Although the gloves you pick up the bait with remain 'controlled'. It would be nice to think that somewhere along the line we see common sense prevail.....

OldTrapCollector, I hope my comments are not coming across as a competition? Well if they have come across as such then I apologise. I agree with Deker that there are many instances where people can DIY; generally people know when to stop, but not always! It is the small number of people who do not know when they are in over their heads that can cause the really big issues. My issue had been with MR TEA POT's reference to £65 being a rip off, when it clearly isn't. If people want to DIY then go right ahead. If anyone has an issue with £65 being too high then they need to calculate the cost of

Analogy? Both involve travelling to domestic premises (costs involved); both involve dealing with problems (some turn out to be easy to sort out, some are difficult to resolve). The easy faults can be sorted out by someone with no specialist knowledge, the difficult faults cannot be. If you call out a specialist and the problem turns out to be easy to resolve, who's fault is that? So let us assume you get your next door neighbour in to sort out the problem and something goes wrong? Does the neighbour have the skills to understand what he is doing is wrong? Is he insured if something goes ba

'Rip Off Prices' - Do I assume that £65.00 is considered a rip off? Seems very cheap to me. It is lucky for the lady that you were available to deal with her one rat FOC. Similar scenario:- I went round to a neighbour's house last month because he dishwasher was broken. She had been quoted £115.00 (+ VAT) for a guy to come out and look at it (first hour included). It was a blocked hose and I was able to sort it for here FOC. Does the fact that I sorted her problem out make the Dishwasher specialist a rip off? It was easy to sort out on this occasion, but what if had been something beyond my

norseman, there is a Regional Training Forum of the BPCA in Northern Ireland on 4th April. He could always contact the BPCA and see whether he can turn up to that. www.BPCA.org.uk look under EVENTS tab. There is lots of information on this website for those starting out.

A large food factory can be worth quite a bit of money, but then there is a lot of work required, both in dealing with specific pest species, but also in meeting the supermarket / customer specifications. The profit margins may not be any greater than for other contracts. You are getting more money, but you are doing a lot more work (at least you should be!).

We have been going over all sorts of different boxes to store insecticides in..... never thought of using a cool box!! Great idea. Oh, and hello Matt!