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18/04/2005

Environment Agency green light on biobeds welcome



The Environment Agency's backing for lined biobeds and the associated removal of the need for groundwater authorisation (GWA) is good news for farmers; providing both clarity and significant cost savings, says the Crop Protection Association.

"Handling areas, washings and spillage has been a difficult area to resolve," explains Patrick Goldsworthy, Voluntary Initiative Manager at the CPA. "Areas where washings were disposed of needed a GWA costing over a hundred pounds every year. Research and development suggested lined biobeds were a very practical answer, but - not surprisingly - farmers were loathe to invest in building these until they had some assurance that the Environment Agency would accept them as a legitimate way to treat pesticide washings."

The publication of Guidance on Agricultural Pesticide Handling and Disposal, jointly by the Environment Agency and the CPA under the Voluntary Initiative clarifies that farmers need not have the cost of GWAs, although disposal sites do need to be registered. It also confirms EA support for biobeds.

To provide additional support for biobed users, a new website http://www.biobeds.info has been created. This will provide farmers with details of how to create biobeds and the regulations plus best practice connected with their use.




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