Tag Archive for "green pest control"
Thursday June 23, 2011Posted by gerryweitz
This morning I was browsing Integrated Pest Management (IPM) educational websites. The University of Massacheussets IPM Extension provided a definition of IPM that is consistent within the industry. What I found somewhat unique about the site was that it identified an IPM point system that was applied to numerous crops, such as this scorecard of Apple IPM guidelines. I really don’t know much about how to score IPM practice for apples, but it is as good a scoring system as any.
What I have noticed as a weakness in IPM is the lack of focus on customers and workers. Read more
Tagged: conservation, EcoWise Certified, green pest control, pest control technician, pest control workers
Tuesday September 18, 2007
Posted by ana
9/18/2007 EcoWise Certified has granted Hearts Pest Management its’ very first certification outside the San Francisco Bay Area.
EcoWise Certifiied was founded by an association of Bay Area government agencies, in an effort to preserve water quality and due to other environmental issues related to pesticide usage. The association encourages a progressive, integrated pest management (I.P.M) approach to pest control, that focuses on inspection, prevention, communication and partnership. Treatments are handled in a least invasive manner. Materials used in treatment are reviewed by the EcoWise organization for toxicity issues. Organic labels are highly encouraged, with a reasonable understanding that more aggressive treatments are sometimes needed after careful review.
EcoWise certification does not signify that all company services are “EcoWise Certified services,” rather that you can purchase certain services provided in a manner that is fully EcoWise Certified compliant and that the company has practices, procedures and standards in place that have been reviewed and approved by the certifing organization. Use the above link for more information about EcoWise Certified.
Hearts Pest Management is thrilled that it can not bring EcoWise Certified green pest control to millions of families in Southern and Central California.
Tagged: EcoWise Certified, green pest control
