FOEN on the status of implementation of the herbicide ban
The Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN) recently published a study on the implementation of the herbicide ban on and along roads, paths and squares.
The new publication on the herbicide ban by the Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN) addresses the status of implementation on and along roads, paths and squares. In the public sector, the use of agents to control weeds on these surfaces has been prohibited for more than 30 years. The ban has also applied to private users since 2001.
Little clarification given
The FOEN now wanted to find out to what extent the herbicide ban is known and implemented among users. Comparing the results of the 2010 and 2017 studies, the trend is that there has been little change in terms of awareness of the ban and its implementation - both among experts and private individuals.
Overall, more than half of the respondents use herbicides for maintenance, in some cases even on areas where their use would be prohibited. In contrast to private individuals, 47 percent of whom have never heard of the ban on application, over 90 percent of professionals are aware of the ban.
Here it goes to the pdf file of the publication
