HELENA, Mont. (NMB) – The Montana Department of Agriculture (MDA) is facilitating pesticide disposal events in its Central District during the week of September 20th.
The events will take place in Havre on Tuesday the 21st, Great Falls on Wednesday the 22nd, and Lewistown on Thursday the 23rd.
Annual pesticide waste collection events have collected close to 720,000 pounds of pesticide waste from over 1,800 participants since the program’s inception in 1994.
The MDA program was designed to assist individuals with disposing of any pesticides that are unusable as originally intended, or cannot be used for any other purpose, in an environmentally responsible way. In effect, the pesticide and waste disposal program protects Montana’s ecosystems and groundwater, as well as families, pets, livestock and drinking water from potentially hazardous materials.
Participants are encouraged to pre-register on the department’s website at agr.mt.gov/Pesticide-Waste-Disposal-Program by September 16, 2021. Registrations for pesticide waste collection events are accepted on a first-come, first-serve basis. There is no charge for the first 200 pounds of material; amounts over 200 pounds are assessed at $1.00 per pound, and products are weighed on site. Additional fees may apply to pesticides with dioxins or dioxin precursors.
Courtesy of the Montana Department of Agriculture
