In accordance with Westmeath County Council’s Biodiversity Action Plan and specifically to reduce the use of herbicides and pesticides containing glyphosate Resident’s Associations are advised that the local authority will only spray weeds in estate in the charge of Westmeath County Council if a specific request from the Resident’s Association for that estate.

The Residents Association must confirm that the residents wish to ”opt in” for weed spraying with glyphosate based products in 2022.

If your Resident’s Association wishes to “opt in”, you should make contact with your relevant Municipal District office using the following email address on or before Friday the 25th March 2022:

Athlone / Moate: athlonemunicipaldistrict@westmeathcoco.ie

Mullingar / Kinnegad: csmullingar@westmeathcoco.ie

Content Last Updated/Reviewed: 03/03/2022