A three-day drive to collect Saskatchewan farmers’ obsolete pesticides will run Oct. 23 to 25, CropLife Canada announced Wednesday.
Farmers and turf growers can dispose of obsolete farm herbicides, fungicides, insecticides and rodenticides free of charge at one of 45 participating retailers during those three days, the chemical industry trade association said in a release.
CropLife has had a similar program running through seven sites in Quebec since Sept. 24, ending Oct. 26. It has already wrapped up collections in Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island, and plans to hold a similar collection this month in parts of British Columbia but hasn’t yet announced dates or sites.
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The association said it’s discussing delivery of a similar program for Alberta (including the Peace River region of B.C.) and Manitoba in 2008.
By “obsolete,” the association means full or part containers of outdated, unusable and/or no longer registered products.
Obsolete chemicals must be delivered to the site in labelled, leak-proof containers. If a farmer no longer knows what the chemical is, it must be labelled “pesticide unknown.”
The depots will not accept treated seed or adjuvants, nor products such as solvents, antifreeze or paints. Nor will they accept empty pesticide containers; CropLife operates a separate empty container management program that will take triple-rinsed containers, the association noted.
