Rentokil Initial Partners With Debug to Expand Mosquito Control Across Europe

By Public Technologies
  • Rentokil Initial partnered with Google initiative Debug to scale biological mosquito control across Europe.
  • The partnership integrates Debug's mosquito suppression technology into Rentokil's existing vector control operations.
  • A Barcelona pilot with the city's public health agency released over 1,500,000 male Asian tiger mosquitoes to suppress local populations.
  • The deployment marks Europe's first urban implementation of this biological control strategy at scale.
  • Earlier Rome trials using the same mosquito strain reduced fertile overwintering egg production by up to 88% in 2025 versus control areas.


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