Pesticide Free
The City of Kelowna's Pesticide Bylaw 
regulates cosmetic, non-essential pesticide useage on residential properties. Pesticides include such products as herbicides, insecticides, fungicides, rodenticides and weed and feed type products.
A list of less toxic, exempted pesticides can be found in Schedule 2 of the bylaw document. See the Companies Exempt document for a list of companies that have received an exemption to the Pesticide Bylaw for 2009.
Why reduce pesticides?
Pesticide use can negatively impact the health of our community and environment.
Using home and garden pesticides is a band-aid solution that may amplify lawn and garden problems and pose a risk to people, pets, wildlife and beneficial insects. Rainfall and over-watering can cause excess pesticides and fertilizers from your lawn and garden to run off via storm drains into our creeks, impacting the health and habitat of fish and aquatic organisms.
The City is encouraging residents to use good yard practices to grow a pesticide-free lawn.
Pesticide Notification Registry
Residents who would like to be notified prior to commercial pesticides being applied to abutting properties can register with the Pesticide Notification Registry before March 15.
Safe Disposal
Products with a PCP # and Poison Symbol can be disposed at the Battery Doctor, 1972 Windsor Road, Kelowna, 250-860-2866. Products with a PCP # and Corrosive Symbol can be disposed at the yearly Household Hazardous Waste Roundup next October 2010.
Contact Us
For more information and to order free educational materials, including lawn signs and carabineer keychains , call 250-469-8500 or email enviro@kelowna.ca.
For more information on pesticide alternatives, see our related links.
