Non-agricultural use

Home and Garden

		Ornamental plants and lawns also need protection against harmful creatures and diseases. Householders and gardeners need products to protect plants, to grow healthy, abundant fruits and vegetables, and to control weeds that damage path and drives.
		Home and Garden Plant Protection Products provide easy-to-use, cost effective solutions that meet or exceed the highest environmental, health and safety standards. They ensure that the time and effort devoted to home and gardening is well spent. They are mainly intended for use in domestic horticulture by non-professional gardeners. Home and Garden products are formulated, packaged, labelled and stored with a view to ensuring safety first.

Amenity sector

Pesticides are useful in many non-agricultural settings, including public spaces, outdoor leisure areas, sport fields, gardens and parks. They also help in the functioning of transportation corridors such as railway tracks, road shoulders and airport runways, as well as industrial sites and drainage infrastructure.

Pesticides are used in these areas to maintain amenities safe and clear:

• They prevent the growth of weeds that may cause damage to public infrastructures (such as growth between paving blocks), allergies or reduced visibility (e.g. blocking of road signs)
• They provide fast and efficient protection against diseases or pests that infest trees or lawns and can spread quickly
• They are used where control by hand or mechanical means is not sustainable.

Pesticides are used:

		To maintain public parks and gardens
		To keep safe railways by controlling vegetation
		To protect public infrastructures from damaging growth
		To keep sports grounds functional
		To provide beautiful and healthy turf for leisure activities