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The EU Pest Management Service Sector
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Set up in 1974, CEPA is a Brussels based European Pest Management trade umbrella association. CEPA represents, at the European level, over 60 members in the professional pest management services. An industry with a turnover of more than € 3,000 million generated by 10,000+ companies with over 40,000 employees. CEPA covers the whole pest management ecosystem: from service companies to pest management software developers, manufacturers and distributors.
The European Pest Management Service sector comprises companies (SMEs, national and multinational companies) that provide pest management services via Integrated Pest Management (IPM). CEPA is the only representative of this sector at EU and European levels. In a nutshell, CEPA represents a sector of service providers.
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Pests & Society* I.
What is Pest?
Nothing to do with what is known as ‘pesticides’ or plant health;
Nothing to do with the PEST European Parliament Committee and its scope of work.
“A pest is any animal which has a harmful effect on humans, their food or their living conditions. Pests include animals which: [...]"
* Every edition of the CEPA newsletter will inform you about Pests & Society.
Pests & Society II.
Pests & Public Health
The WHO explains the direct pest-related public health consequences. Pests are responsible among others for allergic asthma and vector borne diseases .
I. Allergic asthma: rodents, cockroaches and dustmites[1]
II. Vector borne diseases
“Vector-borne diseases are human illnesses caused by parasites, viruses and bacteria that are transmitted by mosquitoes, sandflies, triatomine bugs, blackflies, ticks, tsetse flies, mites, snails and lice. Every year there are more than 700 000 deaths from diseases such as malaria, dengue, schistosomiasis, human African trypanosomiasis, leishmaniasis, Chagas disease, yellow fever, Japanese encephalitis and onchocerciasis, globally."
Pests & Society III.
Insecticide Resistant Bed Bugs
CEPA Innovation Day for Healthy Cities
When? 9-13hrs, 15 October 2018
Where? Committee of the Regions, Brussels
Who? EU Institutions, Civil Society, Pest Management Executives
Register now: anamaria@cepa-europe.org
CEPA, the European Pest Management trade umbrella association is hosting an open panel debate with European stakeholders from civil society, EU institutions and the pest management sector at the Committee of the Regions. CEPA is in contact with EU decision-makers and stakeholders from EU policy areas ranging from climate change, sustainability, the urban agenda, health, internal market and digital fields.
The Innovation day looks for an open dialogue to support the goals of a Healthy City in the framework of the increasing impact of Climate Change and Migration impact in the presence of pests in the urban environment.
The day will be structured in three panels moving from key trends and evidence towards sustainability and innovation and the EU pest management sector view on a Healthy City. Please see the draft agenda below.
Panel I:
The Bigger Picture & Pests
Key discussion topics:
- What are the key climate change and migration trends linked to pests?
- How does the EU policy link to those trends?
- How do companies integrate those trends?
Panel II:
Sustainability & Innovation
Key discussion topics:
- The need for the human touch in innovation;
- The SMEs dimension;
- EU innovation policy be the service of sustainability.
Panel III:
CEPA’s Healthy Cities Proposal
Key discussion topics:
- What is the solution to the increasing impact of pests in the urban environment?
- How do we ensure the needs of a Healthy City are met?
CEPA’s Role in Key EU Policies - Sustainability
Sustainability: the top value of the pest management service sector & ‘innovation for health’ path
Sustainability and pest management service companies
One aspect of sustainability refers to the use of chemicals that harm human health and the environment. With IPM, the need for the use of biocides (chemicals) is reduced to a minimum and in some cases not necessary altogether.
Shared between many of the CEPA national association members, the sustainability provided by pest management is first of all, a matter of prevention:
The British Pest Control Association (BPCA), a CEPA National Association member has explained this as follows:
“Green pest control might range from a firm claiming to spray fewer [chemical substances known as ‘biocides’] to one that will use every possible alternative to chemicals including heating, freezing, and deep cleaning.
ANECPLA’s Director General, Milagros Fernandez de Lezeta explains in a similar note:
"There are many services that are being carried out today that do not imply the exclusive use of chemical products. [...] In fact, the professionals of the sector always tend, first of all, to control the biological cycle of the species and not to use chemical products if this is not strictly necessary.
CEPA’s Role in Key EU Policies - Digital
Digital Developments & Pest Management: Why not Drones?
The European Commission rightly points to the enormous growth potential represented by the digital transformation of EU business and society. CEPA is excited about its potential.
Technology in the area of pest management is following swiftly with the testing of drones for the monitoring and early warning of pests.
Smart Cities and pest monitoring drones have never crossed paths so far but we will ensure to present such innovations and connect our members and existing valuable, solution oriented EU platforms. Here is a snapshot of CEPA members’ drone development and application.
CEPA’s Role in Key EU Policies - The Internet of Things
CEPA & the Internet of Things (IoT)
Expected to exceed 1 trillion Euros by 2020[4], the Internet of Things (IoT) is behind what we call and know as ‘smart environments’. The physical and virtual worlds merge via the help of IoT.
IoT is expected to revolutionise traditional industries. CEPA’s pest management service sector uses IoT abundantly. These include pest control devices that monitor and control pests intelligently via sensors that send data automatically to a cloud storage system.
CEPA company members examples are numerous. For example, the use of infrared sensors in the devices can detect a pest and activate a trap or allow it to access bait. The devices can also send their activation data to the Rentokil cloud storage system, and automatically trigger alerts to company technicians via a dedicated wireless network or a GSM mobile network[5].
CEPA News
Welcome to 15 CEPA Members
CEPA is proud to welcome 13 new members and 2 new Full Members. They represent some of the most notable pioneers of innovation and sustainability:
1. VFöS, Pest Management Association, Germany
2. S-Tuholaispalvelut Oy, Pest Management Service Company SME, Finland
3. Antitec Oy, Pest Management Service Company SME, Finland
4. Biotec Klute, Pest Management Service Company SME, Germany
5. Desinfecta AG, Pest Management Service Company SME, Switzerland
6. Orkin, International Pest Management Service Company, USA
7. Futura GmBh, Innovative and Green Manufacturer, Germany
8. Arysta LifeScience, International Manufacturer, France
9. Biosix, International Manufacturer, Belgium
10. Sanacija 3D, Pest Management Service Company SME, Bosnia
11. Ukraine Association for Mosquito Control, Ukraine
12. PAU Ukraine, Pest Management Association, Ukraine
13. B.U.G.S GmBh, Professional Pest Control Consulting Company, Germany
In addition, CEPA is happy to confirm that 14. Avia-GIS and 15. APC AG have moved now into the category of Full Members.
News from Members*
France
With thanks to the media review of the CS3D, the CEPA French National Pest Management Association, here are some recent media reports on pests as recent as June 2018:
Rats, France Inter documentary
Bed bugs in a Hospital in Pontchaillou in Rennes, France Bleu article
Rats in the parcs and gardens of Rouen, Ouest France article
Spain
ANECPLA as a speaker at the "Health Audits" day for inspectors
Milagros Fernandez de Lezeta, the General Director of ANECPLA (National Pest Management Association in Spain), CEPA member, participated on the 28th of May at the "Environmental Health Audits" Conference organized by the Ministry of Health of Madrid. In her speech, she informed the attendees about the Quality Standards for good practices in Urban Pest Management. Further information is available here.
The UK
Wasps and rodents on the rise as temperatures soar reports the BPCA (the British Pest Control Association) CEPA Member
“It is looking like a bumper year for pests, with the heatwave providing perfect conditions for wasps, rats and mice to thrive, according to industry experts.
Call-outs to members of The British Pest Control Association have increased for wasps as the warm weather brings extended opportunities to feed.
* ANECPLA, BPCA, CS3D... Stay tunned for the rest of the CEPA members alphabet!
EU Events
- 29-30 August, European Parliament Committee on Environment, Public Health and Food Safety, Brussels, Belgium.
3-4 September, Brokeage on health: ‘Health, demographic change and wellbeing’ challenge in Horizon 2020, Oslo, Norway This brokerage event is focused on the H2020 "Health, Demographic Change & Wellbeing" challenge calls with deadline in 2019. The goal is to help participants to find relevant partners for their consortiums. Targeted call of possible relevance for CEPA members:
Infectious diseases and improving global health: SC1-BHC-13-2019: Mining big data for early detection of infectious disease threats driven by climate change and other factors. Further information is available here.4 September, Council Working Party on the Environment, Brussels, Belgium.
