Useful Links - Environment and Waste Management

Waste Directory www.wastedirectory.org.uk
Go to the specialists! The government has launched a new website to help you find a local facility designed specifically to manage the waste you produce - in our case green waste. Make a search and find a local composting facility.

Chemicals Regulation Directorate www.pesticides.gov.uk
A database of banned chemicals can be found at http://www.pesticides.gov.uk/databases.asp
You can also call and ask if a chemical is legal - Chemicals Regulation Directorate's Plant Protection Products Information section on 01904 455775.

Aminopyralid www.dowagro.com/uk/grass_bites/faq/allotment.htm
An agricultural weed killer used to keep weeds down in fields. Livestock eat the grass and the chemical is passed on in their manure. Gardeners who unknowingly use this manure on their garden have reported that their plants have died and it was traced to this chemical. The manufacturer of this chemical have set up some advice pages - visit their website if you think your crops are affected.

Martin Lishman www.martinlishman.com/rootwell.htm
Martin Lishman Ltd distributes the world's leading compost tea extraction system. The sustainability of compost tea is an important solution to increasing fertiliser costs and demands for more economical production techniques. TGG met this company at the Landscape Show 2012, Olympia Exhibition Hall in London.