Decision details

(i)       to note that the continued use of glyphosate as a weed killer is potentially damaging to the environment and a potential risk to human and animal health;

(ii)       to note that local councils across the UK have been seeking to identify practical and environmentally sustainable alternative methods of weed treatment;

(iii)      to note that, for the first of the two 2025 weed treatments of Aberdeen's roads and pavements, an alternative treatment method was trialled;

(iv)      to note that the second 2025 weed treatment was now taking place using glyphosate and that this was being effective; and

(v)      to instruct the Chief Officer - Operations to continue to seek to identify a practical and effective method of road and pavement weed treatment which reduces or eliminates the use of glyphosate.