The European Commission to Implement Two Year Ban on Neonicotinoids
The European Commission to Implement Two Year Ban on Neonicotinoids
Dame Vivienne Westwood and Katharine Hamnett CBE lead March of the Beekeepers to Downing Street to deliver petition and letter demanding a ban on neonicotinoids.
Waitrose released a statement from their press centre today announcing they are asking suppliers of fruit, vegetables and flowersto avoid the use of three formulations of neonicotinoid based pesticides on crops destined for the supermarket.
1. Encourage the government to adopt a Pollinator Action Plan to protect pollinators.
2. End the use of neonicotionoids in industry, in their supply chains and practices.
3. Raise public awareness of the value of pollinators to the UK economy and promote public action.