Canadian farmers return obsolete pesticides through CleanFARMS' campaign

Farmers in Canada Ontario returned 125,981 kilograms of obsolete and unwanted pesticides and 12,080 kilograms of livestock and equine medications through CleanFARMS' obsolete collection campaign in 2016.

 

While farmers in Manitoba returned 53,000 kilograms of obsolete and unwanted pesticides and 1,800 kilograms of livestock and equine medications.

 

CleanFARMS, which operates the program, is a national, industry-led agricultural waste stewardship organization. Collections took place at 40 participating ag-retail locations throughout Ontario from September 20-30, 2016. This is the fourth collection program CleanFARMS has run in the province. This marked the third time that a combined collection of pesticides and livestock medications has been offered in Ontario. CleanFARMS partnered with the Canadian Animal Health Institute (CAHI) to offer the collection of livestock and equine medications to CleanFARMS' existing program.

 

Collections took place at 19 participating ag-retail locations throughout Manitoba from October 24-28, 2016. This is the fourth collection program CleanFARMS has run in the province.

 

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 program will be delivered in again in the fall of 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.

 

The obsolete collection program is part of the plant science and animal health industry's commitment to the responsible lifecycle management of their products.