2023 Action Scorecards

Action Scorecards 2023

Question: Has the council banned the use of pesticides on all council owned and managed land?

Question code
5.2
Section
Biodiversity
Topic
Pesticides
Source
National Data
Question weight
Low

Criteria

Criteria met if a council has banned the use of pesticides in parks and road verges where they have control. This ban must include the street cleaning/weed control team.

Clarifications

Banning pesticides includes banning glyphosate and any other pesticides that the council have been using.

Marked using data supplied by Pesticide Action Network - https://www.pan-uk.org/pesticide-free-towns-success-stories/

Question performance

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0 points

10 Northern Irish councils

1 point

1 Northern Irish council
CouncilScoreEvidence
Derry City and Strabane District Council1/1pan-uk.org
Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council0/1
Ards and North Down Borough Council0/1
Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council0/1
Belfast City Council0/1
Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council0/1
Fermanagh and Omagh District Council0/1
Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council0/1
Mid and East Antrim Borough Council0/1
Mid Ulster District Council0/1
Newry, Mourne and Down District Council0/1