Draslovka Holdings a.s. welcomes the approval by the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA) of the use of BLUEFUME™, marking an important step forward for the environmental impact of the pest control industry in Australia.
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BLUEFUME™ is a highly effective, cost efficient, environmentally sustainable alternative structural fumigation product for use in places like factories, mills, silos, warehouses and ships. It directly replaces existing products such as sulfuryl fluoride which have a detrimental environmental impact. BLUEFUME™, which breaks down into naturally occurring substances, offers Australian companies who have traditionally used archaic fumigants as part of their pest management programs an environmentally sustainable alternative, enabling them to significantly reduce their emissions on their path to carbon neutrality.
In response to the Montreal Protocol, agreed nearly three decades ago, the pest control industry took steps to phase out its use of methyl bromide, a prolific ozone depleting substance. In its place, fumigators turned to using sulfuryl fluoride which, whilst effective, is a synthetic greenhouse gas with a global warming potential more than 4000 times that of carbon dioxide. Today, a further step change is needed to ensure the industry remains sustainable into the long term by deploying effective, environmentally sustainable alternatives to legacy products.
BLUEFUME™ has been approved for use in the European Union and is a preferred treatment option in France, Germany, South Africa, and New Zealand. As such, Australia has now joined a growing list of countries committed to upholding their multilateral environmental commitments under the Montreal Protocol and Paris Agreement.
Responding to the news, Kade McConville, Director of Draslovka Agricultural Solutions, says, “The approval of BLUEFUME™ by the Government of Australia is a welcome step forward, providing the industry with the means to dramatically lower the emissions created by fumigation activities. The use of BLUEFUME™ will change the environmental sustainability landscape of fumigation in Australia, historically one of the most prolific users globally of environmentally damaging legacy products.”
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