The UK is to consider banning urea fertiliser in order to help improve air quality.
The move is one of three measures contained in a consultation which opened to the public this week.
In a letter published online by the UK Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA), agriculture was identified as the source of 87% of the UK’s ammonia emissions. Of the total ammonia emissions, solid urea accounts for 8% of the total.
Currently Defra is consulting on these proposals on an England-only basis
The consultation also outlines two more options for consideration – the use of urease inhibitors and restricting the spreading of solid urea fertilisers from 15 January to 31 March.
Currently Defra is consulting on these proposals on an England-only basis but says it will consider joint legislation if other devolved administrations choose to adopt the same approach.
The consultation is open to the public until 26 January 2021.
SHARING OPTIONS: