The REWE Group’s 350 toom Baumarkt DIY stores will carry no glyphosate products after September 30, 2015

The 350 toom Baumarkt DIY stores belonging to the REWE Group will carry no glyphosate-containing products later than September 30, 2015. From today (11 May) such products cannot be re-ordered for the stores.

By the end of 2013 toom Baumarkt had begun to switch the range and had removed about 60 percent of glyphosate-containing products from sale. Toom Baumarkt offers its customers alternative environmentally acceptable products. Thus toom Baumarkt was well ahead of the upcoming decision on the extension of the EU approval for glyphosate.

"As a responsible company, it is important to regularly review our entire range and seek to protect the environment and nature with alternative and more sustainable options. Toom Baumarkt is constantly and consistently developing a more sustainable portfolio of products,” explains Dominique Rotondi, General Purchasing Manager for toom Baumarkt.