Why is weed control part of pest control?
Because it’s two sides of the same problem. An overgrown, weedy strip around a building gives rodents a place to hide, nest and feed right next to the walls. Next to such a strip, even a well-run rodent-monitoring programme keeps showing persistently high catch numbers, for as long as the environment stays attractive.
Food-industry standards therefore specifically require maintaining a cleared, vegetation-free strip around the building — one of the basic requirements of perimeter protection.
Ragweed: a legal obligation
Land users are required to prevent common ragweed from budding on their land, and to maintain that state through to the end of the growing season. The authority can order control in the public interest, at the land user’s expense, and a plant-protection fine can also be imposed.
For large sites, this requires regular, scheduled treatment.
Where do we carry it out?
On industrial sites and business premises, on loading areas at logistics centres, along fence lines, on paved surfaces and paved car parks, on municipal public land, and in the gardens and yards of family homes.
Execution and documentation
Timing depends on the weed composition and the stage of growth. We issue a report for the treatment, recording the area treated, details of the product used and the treatment date — evidence that the legal obligation has been met.