Japanese Knotweed News – September
Posted by Admin - Jul 2016
The spring-autumn growing season for Japanese knotweed may be drawing to close but there has been plenty of news about the plant this month.
It hit the national headlines once again in September, with its presence causing a property value to be halved. Catch up on this and all the other stories below:
Japanese Knotweed Excavation, Wales
Posted by Admin - Jul 2016
Japanese Knotweed Ltd was recently awarded a large scale knotweed remediation contract in Bridgend, South Wales. The re-development of a Rugby Club involves the eradication of 2,500m2 of the non-native invasive species; Japanese knotweed (Fallopia japonica).
Knotweed Excavation Walsall, West Midlands
Posted by Admin - Jul 2016
At the end of October 2013 Japanese knotweed Ltd provided site supervision to ensure successful excavation and on-site relocation of 3,500 tonnes of Japanese knotweed contaminated material.
Knotweed Surveying with a Drone
Posted by Admin - Jul 2016
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV or Drone) are now often used for filming sports events (such as the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympic Games), and have recently made the news for injuring an athlete in Western Australia, when one crashed into her during a triathlon event. However the most common use of UAVs is surveying for commercial practices (i.e. industrial inspection and land surveys) and education research surveys.
Japanese Knotweed News – December
Posted by Admin - Jul 2016
We give a roundup of knotweed in the news for December 2015. News includes a new guide from the Property Care Association; is biological control our best defence against pests such as knotweed?; courses in control of Japanese knotweed aim to "normalise" public conception of the invasive weed; a four-year project has cleared 30,000m2 of knotweed.
