Neonicotinoids update – A win for bees
Update - January 2025 The UK government will stop approving the 'emergency' use of a bee-threatening pesticide - a huge win for wildlife after years of campaigning by Pesticide Collaboration [...]
Calling for the UK government to ban the use of pesticides in publicly run areas of our villages, towns and cities.
Today we have launched a new campaign calling on the UK government to ban the use of pesticides in places such as playgrounds, streets and parks. Pesticides are harmful to [...]
Parliamentary launch of the national campaign to ban urban pesticides
On Tuesday 14 May 2024, MPs, councillors and NGOs gathered in Westminster to launch the Pesticide Collaboration’s new campaign, which calls for a national ban on urban pesticides. The aim [...]
Environment NGOs react to another ‘emergency’ approval of bee-killing pesticides
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - Thursday 18 January 2024 The Pesticide Collaboration calls for the UK Government to end the cycle of permitting the ‘emergency’ use of banned pesticide thiamethoxam. The [...]
Update on Asulox and bracken control
There have been exciting developments in the wonderful world of bracken control! Bracken is the UK’s most common fern and grows on heathland, moorland, hillsides and in woodland. For many [...]
Health, Environment and Social Justice: putting pesticides on the Labour Party’s agenda
Last week, we attended the Labour Party conference in Liverpool. There was a buzz in the air, with many people predicting that this will be the last conference season before [...]
Pesticides and The Climate Crisis: A Vicious Cycle
The Pesticide Collaboration and PAN UK have released a new report - Pesticides and The Climate Crisis: A Vicious Cycle. The report delves into the link between pesticides and the [...]
Designing Pesticide Reduction Targets For The UK: A Report by Baskut Tuncak
The draft National Action Plan for the Sustainable Use of Pesticides (NAP) said: "We will establish a set of clear targets to support the reduction of risk associated with pesticide [...]
New report from ShareAction calls for investors to take action on pesticides
A new briefing from responsible investment charity and Pesticide Collaboration member ShareAction points to the severe impacts pesticides have on biodiversity, and calls on pesticide companies and their investors to [...]
The Pesticide Collaboration demands higher standards in delayed government pesticide plan
The next National Action Plan on the Sustainable Use of Pesticides (NAP) was due to be published in 2018. However, here we are 5 years later, still without a published [...]