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Clean Farms Pesticide and Livestock Medication Clean Up
Just a reminder that CleanFARMS will be running a free obsolete pesticide and livestock/equine medication collection program at 20 ag-retail location throughout the northern half of the province from October 5-9, 2015. The location nearest the RM of Cupar is Richardson Pioneer in Strasbourg on October 8, 2015.
Background:
The obsolete pesticide and livestock/equine medication collection and disposal program is free to participate in. Farmers and other end users of the target products are encouraged to bring in any agricultural pesticide and/or livestock/equine medications into one of the designated ag-retail collection locations during the October 5-9, 2015 collection period where a licensed hazardous waste hauler will safely manage the products and send them for environmentally responsible disposal via high temperature incineration. The program is funded by the plant science industry and members of the Canadian Animal Health Institute (www.cahi-icsa.ca). The obsolete collection program is typically delivered in each region of the country every three years. In the fall of 2014 the southern half of Saskatchewan had a collection at 20 ag-retail sites from October 27-31, 2014 where 93,935 kgs of obsolete pesticide and 540 kgs of livestock/equine medication were collected. To date, CropLife Canada/CleanFARMS have collected over 400,000 kgs of obsolete pesticide since the first collection program was delivered in Saskatchewan in 1999. 2014 was the first time that the livestock/equine medications were collected as part of the CleanFARMS program in Saskatchewan.
Specific program information is also available on the CleanFARMS website (www.cleanfarms.ca)
If there are any questions – please don’t hesitate to contact Russel Hurst at your convenience.
Russel Hurst
Executive Director, Sustainability & Stewardship
CropLife Canada
400-10 Four Seasons Place
Etobicoke, ON
M9B 6H7
416-622-9771 x2223