Petitions Across the UK

Edinburgh City Council use pesticides for weed control on our streets, pavements, parks, playgrounds, around schools, cemeteries and green spaces. 

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​We  call on Edinburgh City Council to put an end to all pesticide use in all of Edinburgh, using safe alternatives instead, protecting our health and the health of our environment.

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https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/pesticide-free-edinburgh

 

Wyre Forest District Council / Worcestershire County Council routinely spray verges, pavements and parks with Glyphosate based pesticides. 

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​We are simply asking Wyre Forest District Council to listen to the concerns of its people. There are many safe alternatives of weed control.  

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https://www.change.org/p/save-the-bee-go-pesticide-free-ban-the-use-of-pesticides

Birmingham residents are concerned about the use of pesticides being applied in spaces where our children, pets and local wildlife may come into contact with it. Many countries have already restricted or banned their use due to the many issues associated​.

 

We are simply asking Birmingham City Council to hear the concerns of its citizens.

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https://www.change.org/p/birmingham-city-council-save-the-bees-ban-the-use-of-pesticides-in-birmingham-s-public-green-spaces-8ac8d785-098e-4b5e-9d39-f60648ec1b92

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It is also partly responsible for the decline in wildlife numbers. Pesticides are non targeted so that even if the chemical is only applied direct to the intended target such as weeds, it can still affect wildlife in the surrounding area, either by wind or run off into our brooks and rivers.

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We urge Staffordshire council to consider the many safer alternatives available to make our villages pesticide free, so they become a safer environment for us all.

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https://www.change.org/p/south-staffordshire-council-stop-the-use-of-pesticides-in-public-spaces

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Weeds are constantly becoming immune to the herbicides so that higher levels are being used. This therefore creates a vicious circle which we cannot win, but will ultimately cause more destruction.

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We urge our council to consider the many safer alternatives available .​

 

https://www.change.org/p/richmond-upon-thames-council-make-richmond-upon-thames-pesticide-free

 

Glyphosate is used by Edinburgh Council as a weedkiller. Edinburgh City Council sprays Portobello's streets, pavements, parks, playgrounds, cemeteries and green spaces in an effort to control weeds.

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We call on Edinburgh City Council to put an end to all pesticide use in Portobello, using safe alternatives instead, to protect the health of people, pets, wildlife and of our environment.

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https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/pesticide-free-portobello

Cambridge City Council recognised the Biodiversity Emergency and pledged to ‘make the Council estate more hospitable to a wide range of plants and animals’

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The City Council continues to carry out bi-annual blanket spraying of herbicides on pathways including those in parks where it has stopped spraying, as well as areas that it manages on behalf of Cambridgeshire County Council including pavements, street infrastructure, roads and grassy verges, although it has given verbal commitment to stop verge spraying ‘soon’.

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Trial non-toxic alternatives to weed management

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https://www.change.org/p/cambridge-city-council-make-cambridge-pesticide-free

The City of Edinburgh Council use Glyphosate for weed control on our streets, pavements, parks, playgrounds, around schools, cemeteries and green spaces. 

2020 neighbouring community  Balerno became Pesticide Free
 

We ask CEC to apply the precautionary principle to Currie, Juniper Green and Barberton and protect the health of these communities using safe alternatives .

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https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/pesticide-free-currie-juniper-green-baberton