Bottom Line: There are safe, low-toxin, alternative pest control methods and products available. Look for Our Water Our World retail partners throughout San Mateo County.
As part of a program called "Our Water Our World", the San Mateo County Wide Water Pollution Prevention Program has partnered with retail stores to make less toxic pest control and gardening products more available to consumers, with the goal of reducing the amount of pesticides entering creeks and the Bay through sewers and storm drain systems. Participating stores (listed below) provide fact sheets and "shelf talkers" to make it easy for you to choose a less or non-toxic product.
Shelf Talkers are the small tags placed beneath less toxic products on store shelves that indicate the product is less- or non-toxic to people and pets, but formulated to control and get rid of the targeted pest problem.Products are labeled at partnership stores based on both the Bio-Integral Resource Center directory of less toxic products and the criteria defined by water quality protection agencies.
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Find less toxic pest control products at www.ourwaterourworld.org.
Shop at Our Water Our World retail partners listed below to find less toxic products.
Our Water, Our World Participating Stores in San Mateo County:
North County
- Brisbane Hardware, 1 Visitacion Ave , Brisbane
- Home Depot , 2 Colma Blvd, Colma
- Home Depot , 303 E. Lake Merced Blvd. , Daly City
- Orchard Supply Hardware , 2245 Gellert Blvd, So. San Francisco
- Sloats Garden Center, 675 El Camino Real, San Bruno
- Orchard Supply Hardware , 900 El Camino Real, Millbrae
- Orchard Supply Hardware, 1010 Metro Center Blvd, Foster City
- Golden Nursery, 1122 Second Ave., San Mateo
- Home Depot, 2001 Chess Drive, San Mateo
South County
- Carlmont Ace Hardware, 1029 Alameda De Las Pulgas, Belmont
- Carlmont Nursery, 2029 Ralston, Belmont
- Home Depot, 1125 Old County Rd, San Carlos
- Wegman's Nursery, 492 Woodside Rd, Redwood City
- Orchard Supply Hardware, 2110 Middlefield Road, Redwood City
- Roger Reynolds Nursery, 133 Encinal Ave, Menlo Park
- Al's Nursery, 900 Portola Rd, Portola Valley
- Home Depot, 1781 East Bayshore Road, East Palo Alto
Coast
- Linda Mar Hardware, 560 San Pedro Ave, Pacifica
- Half Moon Bay Nursery, 11691 San Mateo Rd., Half Moon Bay
- Ocean Shore Hardware, 111 Main Street, Half Moon Bay
For more information about pesticides including less toxic product lists, stores that sell them, and detailed disposal methods for various pesticides visit http://flowstobay.org
All above information gathered from the San Mateo County Wide Water Pollution Prevention website: http://flowstobay.org.
