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Rotherham Council ragwort errors.
Rotherham council wrote a highly inaccurate article which it distributed to thousands of residents
in its Summer 2009 edition of its newspaper Council Matters.
It says about ragwort " If you find some in your garden, spraying the plant
with an appropriate herbicide is the most
effective option, followed by removal of the plant
and root system.
Household Waste Recycling Centres and your
Green Bin composting service will not be able to
accept Japanese Knotweed, Giant Hogweed or
Ragwort."
The other two plants are FOREIGN INVADERS. Ragwort is NATIVE.
It goes on to say , " Under the Wildlife and Countryside Act
1981 it is an offence to plant or otherwise
cause Giant Hogweed or Ragwort to grow
in the wild. This includes spreading the
species or transferring polluted ground
material from one area to another.
This is true for the foreign Giant Hogweed but not for Ragwort. It doesn't seem that they know that
ragwort is a native plant.
The law on ragwort DOES NOT SAY THIS. The various Acts of Parliament
do not place any automatic legal obligation for control on anyone. See
Ragwort law
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