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Janet Tweedy wrote in
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Beechgrove last night warned that you shouldn't put Japanese Knotweed in
the green bin as it's illegal though this might just apply to Scotland.

Conrol of knotweed legislation is nationwide.

http://www.knotweed-uk.com/Knotweed-and-The-Law.htm

"Environmental Protection Act (EPA) 1990 controlled waste, must be
disposed of at appropriately licensed landfills. Japanese knotweed plant
material and/or any knotweed contaminated soil which you discard, intend
to discard or are required to discharge is likely to be classified as
controlled waste.Section 34 of the EPA imposes a duty of care on persons
who produce, import, dispose of, or treat controlled wastes. The movement
off site of controlled waste must be covered by a waste transfer notes.
The transfer notes must be completed and signed, giving a written
description of the waste and a waste code. This description must be
comprehensive enough to allow the receiver of the waste to handle it in
accordance with their own duty of care. These provisions are set up in the
Environmental Protection (Duty of Care) Regulations 1991.
Section 33 of the EPA states that it is an offence to deposit, treat, keep
or dispose of controlled waste with out a licence."


You have only one recourse, kill it, let it dry and burn it.



Janet, how do you kill it? If it was easy, or even difficult, there would
not be such a commotion about it. From what I have read it cannot be
erradicated.

You're wrong, again.

There are several methods of eradication, but because of the extent and
persistence of the roots, weedkillers may need to be repeated for several
seasons.

http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk...fe/118135.aspx

Janet.