PEST CONTROL “BEING GREENER IS


MORE ETHICAL – WHY KILL CREATURES


IF YOU CAN USE NATURAL DETERRENTS?”


IS THERE SUCH A THING AS


‘GREEN’ PEST CONTROL?


Paul Bates, Managing Director of Cleankill Pest Control explains how they are striving to reduce the use of


chemicals and returning to traditional practices, using alternative methods that are environmentally friendly.


There are a number of important reasons why companies choose to embed a ‘green’ policy into their business. These include: setting a positive example for employees; boosting morale and company loyalty; gaining a competitive advantage by differentiating the business as a ‘green company’; improving efficiency and potentially lowering costs, as well as providing a cleaner, healthier and more ethical work and trading environment.


‘Green’ policies will often, and definitely should, involve examining the supply chain and the practices of service providers such as pest control. Practically every company needs a pest prevention contract of one type or another or will call in pest experts on an ad-hoc, reactive basis.


Green pest control can seem rather counterintuitive as immediate thoughts spring to mind of pesticides being liberally used. Some pests such as bed bugs and rats are constantly evolving and becoming more resistant to pesticides. To counteract this, smart pest control companies are researching new techniques in order to


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remain effective and one step ahead of the pests as well as the competition.


SUSTAINABLE PRACTICES


We’ve made significant progress in the last few years in our efforts to become ‘greener’. Every member of staff is trained to use green pest control methods and to limit the use of pesticides. This often involves using old-fashioned methods like traps to catch rodents, which reduces the risk of poisons entering the wildlife food chain. There are other methods we are using such as a bedbug treatment that is a combination of residual insecticide and diatomaceous insecticide - a natural rock that when ingested by the insects, dehydrates them.


Operationally, pest control companies should require staff to minimise travel and use green transport options whenever possible. Recycling should be introduced - whether it’s bait boxes or laser ink cartridges.


BIRDS Bird problems often require access to the outside of


buildings and roofs that can only be reached with cherry pickers or abseilers. Cleankill now only uses cherry pickers as a last resort because of the environmental damage caused through road closures, diversions and emissions. Abseilers can scale the side of a building to carry out work, which is much greener and far less disruptive.


EXCLUSION, RESTRICTION,


DESTRUCTION Professional pest control companies should follow the Exclusion, Restriction and Destruction (as a last resort) way of working. Exclusion means looking at where pests are entering a premises and making sure any entrance points are blocked. ‘Restriction’ means creating unfavourable conditions for pests and ‘destruction’ means the chemical and physical elimination of pests.


Cleankill have won several awards for ‘green’ operation, consideration for the environment is now at the heart of the way we do business. It is now common for customers, either in person or via tender documents, to ask us about green credentials. Working in this way has required us to think more laterally than our competitors and this sets us apart. It has also helped our continued growth – we often win contracts from larger companies because we put the customer and the environment before our fees – a unique approach.


Being greener is also more ethical – why kill creatures if you can use natural deterrents like hawks to scare off pest birds like seagulls and pigeons? Other green solutions include electric fly killers that eliminate fly problems particularly in places where food is being prepared. There is no risk to staff from chemicals being sprayed and the risk of dead insects falling into food reduced.


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