200% faster than hand weeding & 50% cheaper!
Proven in commercialisation trials funded by the Australian Technology Showcase. In partnership with Sydney Olympic Park Authority, the Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust, Mt Annan & Mt Tomah Botanic Gardens and the Blue Mountains City Council. Contact us now for further information >
Most efficient & versatile thermal weed control system
available on the market today, the Steamwand Phoenix
Steamwand International specialises in providing, green, safe weed control technology, that is easy to use, non toxic and environmentally friendly. Our clients include councils, government authorities, schools, viticulturists & organic farmers.
New legislation
From Feb 2007 new Pesticide Notification regulations in NSW, Australia - require that Contractors, Councils & Government authorities must notify schools, preschools, kindergartens, childcare centres, hospitals, community health centres, nursing homes and hospices and those susceptible to pesticides, prior to application of herbicides and pesticides in their vicinity
From 1st Sept 2005 - 1999 Pesticides Act - It is illegal for a contractor to spray pesticides including herbicides, insecticides, fungicides unless qualified to do so.
Increased Herbicide Costs
"Farmers who paid $85 for 20-litre drums of Roundup CT in March this year, are now forking out $195 for that same quantity" SOURCE: Extract from report and analysis in The Land NSW, December 6, 2007.
The price has gone "absolutely crazy" recently… It has tripled from about $US4 a kilogram a year ago to about $US13 a kilogram today. Australian Business "China clean- up boosts chemical costs" Callick, Rowan, March 08, 2008
The Headlines say it's time to make the change!
"Denmark Bans Glyphosate" - politiken.dk
"Gardeners who use pesticides 'have higher Parkinson's risk' ", - Telegraph
"Glyphosate Resistant Weeds" - Dr. Brian Sindel, University of New England, Australia
Surveys have found that up to 33% of the population consider that they have some sensitivity to chemicals, even when those chemicals are applied correctly. - Meggs et al, (1996), 'Prevalence and nature of allergy and chemical sensitivity in a general population' in Archives of Environmental Health, 51:275-282
