Professional pest controllers are in a position to be standard bearers for stewardship best practice. It will be second nature to demonstrate this in action by:

• Employing the ‘risk hierarchy’, as outlined in the CRRU Code of Best Practice, in which the second generation anticoagulants are  not the first resort but one which is used only after consideration of all less risky options
• Using the simplified pro-forma ‘environmental risk assessment‘ applying rodenticides
• Advising clients, assertively and persuasively, against ‘just-in-case’ permanent baiting
• Taking opportunities to set a good example consistently to colleagues, clients and competitors