Rentokil Wins Pest Control Contract In Libya
So the cat is now well and truly out of the bag, or should that be rat?? People now know that Rentokil is working in Libya as seen on Twitter and various Google news alerts. We have known about the Libyan work for a while if truth be told, it’s a big operation – sending out our professional highly trained experts to solve the massive rat problem they have over there.
What I doubt you will have heard about yet is the extra-curricular work our team are doing locally to educate and raise awareness of pest control via teaching sessions, roadshows and the like. By now there should be some Libyan children – or possibly even adults – running around in Rentokil rat t-shirts (although I personally think the image looks like a mouse!) and the British school in Tripoli has had their calendar sponsored by Rentokil to tie in education with pest awareness.
Initial designs for Libya t-shirts
Raising the profile of pest control is high on the agenda for Rentokil when they enter a new market, but did you know pestaware training is something we also do for developing and mature markets too (ok business spiel finished).
Rats are known to spread some horrendous infections such as Salmonella, Hantavirus and Weil’s disease. They damage and contaminate foodstuffs/stored goods as well as buildings; gnawing through cables, plastic packaging, wooden doors and even mild steel. here’s a grim thought for you, if a rodents underside fur is urine-soaked (bleurgh!) it can transmit diseases to work surfaces, table tops or anywhere it has climbed – and they can climb pretty well. So can you see how easy it would be for infection to spread?
Brig:
Really interesting to hear how Rentokil are raising pest or should that be “rat” awareness in Libya. I agree the T-shirt image looks more like a mouse than a rat…almost cuddly. As long as people don’t try to cuddle the real thing!!
July 21, 2009, 12:01 pmsaleh farag:
helloo my dear
August 13, 2009, 6:32 pmthanks for your working and i hope to volunteer with rentokil.or work .I have experience
i am libyan i living in tripoli
i want to say God help .rentokil
good bye with the best wishes
Barry Phillips:
Do we know, or is it possible to find out if the lady who posted the last comment,’Saleh Farag’ made contact with our team over there or if she has gained work with them. It would be interesting to find out.
September 30, 2009, 8:54 pmThanks
Tarun Kumar:
wow its great that Rentokil continues to expand. I’ve done a promotion long time ago here in india for the company and that’s how i came to know about them. They are really good!
October 20, 2009, 11:14 amMohamed El Heshmi Abulgassem:
We are a Tyres recycling co.
November 18, 2009, 12:52 amI think we can help Rentokil in Libya by receiving Tyres in our site to recycle them as you know tyres is the best Home for pest and rat.
Caroline:
Hi Mohamed,
Recycling always a good idea and yes, tyres do make great harbourages for Rats, Mice and other nasties. We will have our guys in Libya contact you.
Thanks
November 18, 2009, 7:03 amRichard Jones:
Hi Mohamed
I can only echo Caroline’s comments on the virtues of recycling per se and indeed the fact that tyres are an ideal harbourage for rats. I’m not 100% clear as to whether you are proposing that our technicians collect the tyres they find and return them to your depot? Please can you clarify.
Regards
November 18, 2009, 9:58 amRichard Jones (General Manager, Rentokil Libya)
Danusia:
There are now more movies added to the Rentokil YouTube channel, the 2 most recent are Libya case studies.
http://www.youtube.com/user/rentokilpestcontrol
November 19, 2009, 9:21 amebtesam:
We are agency Sharjah Media Services we are releasing the Golden Pages directory on the level of Libya and invite you to participate in the directory
December 12, 2009, 11:37 amMohamed El Heshmi Abulgassem:
Hi Caroline
Thank you for your reply to my message of the November,18,2009
to this moment i’m still waiting for a contact from rentokill in Libya . please let them contact me to arrange a programe
thank you
January 5, 2010, 12:02 amMohamed El Heshmi Abulgassem:
Hi Richard
Sorry I was waiting for you to contact me in my E-Mail long time I dont been in this site please contact me , on elbesmatyresrecycling@hotmail.com to arrange a meeting with you or you can phone me in this number 091 381 8256
thank you
January 5, 2010, 12:34 amkhaled libi:
hello.
February 21, 2010, 6:50 pmmy name s Khaled ,Iam alibyan and living in tripoli, here aquestion for Rentokil. I think it s clear for every libyan and even for Rentokil staff after they have visited several parts of Tripoli the misirable status of sewers and drains througout Tripoli , where many drains and sewers are without covers or with damaged ones, i would like to know what is the benifit of implanting those small boxes with poison inside and how many rats are they expected to kill on the surface , when the source of rats s open like 24h services,also I wanna know what s Rentokil s plan for the rapid change that Tripoli attending regerding infrastructure and how much this change affect Rentokil s plans either positively or negatively?. thank you. wish you good luck.
Caroline:
Hi Khaled,
Our General Manager in Libya has asked me to respond to your recent query on our Blog as follows:
The poisons within the bait stations are only one of a number of methods we use to control and monitor rodent activity in Libya. We carry out extensive baiting in sewers because as you rightly point out, they are a key habitat for the rats. We also bait burrow systems, use gel and dust poisons in holes and if suitable, conduct gassing treatments. It’s true that the extensive construction development that is taking place exacerbates the issues with rats as their habitats are disturbed. We will continue to target efforts at areas undergoing development to reduce the problem as far as is practical with our resources. On a positive front, we have seen average countrywide infestation levels drop from a peak of 42.52% to 14.83% up until 31/01/2010.
Please do not hesitate to contact us if you require any further information.
February 22, 2010, 2:45 pmpest control philippines:
Thank you for the pleasant read. Pests and termites are evil! Exterminate them now!
March 29, 2010, 2:50 amAzizi:
Hi MR.Jones,
How do i contact Rentokil Libya, couldnt find any contact details on net at all.
Would appreciates if you could help.Thanks
Mr Azizi-
April 12, 2010, 3:53 pmCaroline:
Good Afternoon Mr Azizi,
I am sorry that you were unable to find contact details for our Libya office on the Internet; this will be rectified when we launch Libya’s new website – in both English and Arabic – before the end of this month.
Our Tripoli office contact information is:
That-Al Emad Building
Hay-Alandlus Street
Tripoli
PO Box: 91011
Telephone+218 (0)214 772 070
Facsimile+218 (0)214 772 070
E-mail support.ly@rentokil.com
Please let me know if you need any further information.
Kind regards
Caroline
April 12, 2010, 4:50 pmHead of rentokil.com
Cara:
Hi Caroline,
May I know how is this measured? Thks — “On a positive front, we have seen average countrywide infestation levels drop from a peak of 42.52% to 14.83% up until 31/01/2010.”
April 13, 2010, 12:52 amCaroline:
Hi Cara,
Richard Jones, General Manager in Libya, has asked me to post the following in response to your question:
Our method for establishing a measure of infestation levels in the Cities we operate in is as follows:-
Each city is grid mapped into 1km x 1km squares and each of these is uniquely identified as a zone for treatment and reporting purposes
Each fixed monitoring point in that zone (bait stations and drain baits) are recorded on our database via a hand held computer with GPS capability
When a new zone is set-up, fixed monitoring points are established and are revisited 3 weeks later to establish which monitoring points have had bait taken by rats. It is clear those that have had rats take bait as the rats chomp through the blue grain and leave white exposed sections on the husks.
We replenish the boxes then undertake another inspection 2-3 weeks later. Rats exhibit a characteristic known as neophobia which is essentially apprehension around changes in their environment. For this reason, it may take them several weeks to pluck up the courage to start entering the bait stations and start feeding from them.
At this stage we establish what percentage of the total number of fixed monitoring points in that zone have had bait taken by rats e.g. if there are 100 fixed points in a zone and 65 of them have had bait taken then we say the zone is 65% infested at that point in time.
The frequency of subsequent visits is then driven by this %. The higher the number, the more frequent the follow up’s are. In the follow up’s, we use a range of treatment types applicable to the habitat and indications of rodent activity.
We record this peak infestation value for every zone we treat in each City then monitor improvements over time as our treatment plans start to take effect.
At the end of each month, we take a snap shot of the infestation data in every zone we are working in. We then compare the peak infestation for each zone with the current and calculate the averages of each of these measures at a City & Country (3 Cities we operate in) level. It is the latter we referred to in the previous blog.
There is no 100% accurate way to establish infestation levels but techniques such as this give a good indication and are a consistent measure.
I hope this answers your question but Richard is happy to provide further clarification if required.
Kind regards
Caroline Mytton
April 16, 2010, 9:52 amHead of rentokil.com
shehab Senoussi:
Dear All
Just wanted to say that it already seems to be a great job what your doing as i can already see a bit of difference and things look positive just one point i wanted to ask if the same effort is done in other cities in libya especially the east libya (bengazi ,and along till toubrouk and further towards) i hope the answer is yes. all the best with what your doing…..
April 26, 2010, 7:54 pmCaroline:
Good Morning Shehab,
Richard Jones, our General Manager in Libya, has asked me to post the following comments in response to your recent query regarding which Cities we service in Libya.
“Many thanks for your kind words. Our contract with the Ministry for Public Utilities also covers Benghazi and I’m pleased to report that we are making good progress there and are about to double our headcount to widen our geographical coverage in the area. Our contract only covers Tripoli, Misratah and Benghazi so I’m afraid Tobruk is out of scope, however we did provide emergency support to Tobruk for a 6 week period during the tragic Plague outbreak in July 2009.”
Please do not hesitate to get back in touch with us if you have any further questions.
Kind regards
Caroline Mytton
April 28, 2010, 7:33 amHead of rentokil.com
hussam elbernwi:
My name is hussam elbernwi I am training now in the rentokil company In fact, when I came to I did not know they are doing all of this effort, technical and Almadlt now that were seen myself the efforts I am proud that I, an aide to technicians and I want to thank the supervisors at the training course I do not want to mention names so as not to forget whi
May 4, 2010, 9:39 pmto technicians and I want to thank the supervisors at the training course I do not want to mention names so as not to forget which one.. . . …..Thanks