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Again glyphosate ban in Brabant
The Noord-Brabant municipality of Landerd will have it included in the new lease contracts that glyphosate may no longer be used. This makes it the second municipality in this province where a self-initiated ban will apply.
The new rule will be included in the lease contracts of the municipality of Landerd from 2020 onwards. The Municipal Executive has already agreed to the proposal, so writes the Brabant Dagblad. Landerd's city council previously announced a ban on glyphosate.
The current lease contracts remain unchanged. It is not allowed to change the rules in the meantime. The municipality itself still uses glyphosate, but only in cases where there are no alternatives, it says. This is especially true in the control of Japanese knotweed.
More Brabant municipalities to follow
Earlier this year, the municipality of Bernheze came up with a glyphosate ban on leased land. Anyone who leases land from the municipality for 1 year is not allowed to use either glyphosate or fertilizer. A glyphosate ban in lease contracts will also become a fact in the city of Den Bosch from 2020.
In Oss, near the municipality of Landerd, there are also voices for a ban. GroenLinks would like to see a ban, but it has not yet come to that. There is also a provincial prohibition on leased land of Natuurnetwerk Brabant.
Niels van der Boom
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