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Canadian farmers participate in obsolete pesticide collection campaign
Apr. 24, 2017
Farmers in the Peace Region of Grand Prairie, Alberta, returned 43,808 pounds of obsolete and unwanted pesticides through CleanFARMS' obsolete collection campaign this year.
CleanFARMS, which operates the program, is a national agricultural waste stewardship organization in Etobicoke, Ontario. Collections took place at six participating agricultural retail locations throughout the region from Sept. 21-23, 2016.
This marked the first time that a combined collection of pesticides and livestock medications has been offered in the Peace Region. CleanFARMS partnered with the Canadian Animal Health Institute (CAHI), Guelph, Ontario, to add the collection of livestock and equine medications to CleanFARMS' existing obsolete pesticide collection program.
Peace Region farmers have been participating in the obsolete collections program since 1999. When the program last came to the Peace Region it was delivered over two years in 2012 and 2013 and more than 35,273 pounds of product was collected from farmers for safe disposal.
The obsolete collection program is generally delivered in each province or region of the country every three years and comes at no cost to farmers. The free disposal program will be delivered again in the region in 2019.
In between collections, farmers are encouraged to safely store their unwanted pesticides and livestock medications until they can properly dispose of them through the program.
Source: Waste Today
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