| The Environment Agency has produced a code of | | | | roadsides and railways will all help in the fight for |
| practice for the Japanese knotweed control and its | | | | Japanese knotweed eradication. The invasive |
| effective eradication in the United Kingdom. This code | | | | knotweed can block natural routes for wildlife by |
| of practice offers advice and gives various options | | | | spreading through rivers and railways which is why |
| for Japanese knotweed control that comply with the | | | | something needs to be done urgently to prevent any |
| law here in the UK. Japanese knotweed control is of | | | | damage. |
| concern to many people such as architects, planners, | | | | Japanese knotweed control is also fundamental for |
| designers, contractors, consultants and landscape | | | | the protection of footpaths everywhere around the |
| gardeners alike. | | | | United Kingdom. Where the plant has been allowed to |
| This invasive weed is a non-native species of plant. | | | | grow freely there are places where, in winter, the tall |
| Since the invasive weed was introduced into the | | | | dead canes of the knotweed harbour rubbish and |
| United Kingdom in the mid-nineteenth century from | | | | litter and subsequently provide shelter for rats and |
| Asia, Japanese knotweed control has become more | | | | other pests which can cause damage and spread |
| and more necessary, as the nasty knotweed has | | | | diseases as well. |
| spread, particularly along watercourses, transport | | | | Japanese knotweed removal is also necessary in |
| routes and infested waste areas. | | | | domestic gardens, particularly where outbuildings may |
| Because the knotweed is a non-native species in | | | | be erected as the invasive plant can grow through |
| many countries is has no natural predators or | | | | many hard surfaces. |
| diseases like it would have in Japan where it is from. | | | | Japanese knotweed eradication is now being |
| Consequently the invasive plant has been free to | | | | practised throughout the United Kingdom as a means |
| grow larger and more vigorous over the years. | | | | of weed control. Managing land infested by this nasty |
| Japanese knotweed has invaded natural habitats | | | | plant can avoid many things like: excessive costs; |
| which now struggle to survive against a plant that | | | | possible prosecution for the spread of the invasive |
| was not there some time ago. Removal of Japanese | | | | weed; compensation claims related to Japanese |
| knotweed is needed as it is affecting not only the | | | | knotweed removal; possible damage to buildings and |
| native plants but also the animals that normally live in | | | | hard surfaces from the knotweed re-growth; and |
| the United Kingdom. | | | | potential harm from the Japanese plant to the |
| Japanese knotweed control along rivers and hedges, | | | | environment. |