JEFFERSON CITY, MO, SEPT. 25, 2025 – The Missouri Department of Natural Resources will offer a free waste pesticide collection event Oct.4 at the Litton Agri-Science Learning Center, 10780 Liv 235, Chillicothe. The collection event will operate from 8 a.m. to noon and is open to Missouri farmers and households. This is the last pesticide collection event in 2025.
Accepted (limited to 8,000 lbs. total weight per farm or household):
- Herbicides.
- Insecticides.
- Fungicides.
- Rodenticides.
- Dewormers.
- Fly tags.
- Fertilizers containing pesticide.
Not accepted:
- Pesticide rinsate: For rinsate management information, visit mo.gov/document-search/pesticide-rinsate-management-pub2870/pub2870.
- Paint, explosives.
- Fire extinguishers.
- Yard waste.
- Electronics.
- Trash.
- Pesticides from businesses, pesticide-production facilities, pesticide distributors, pesticide retailers or similar entities.
Registration is recommended but not required. Register for this collection event at pesticidecollectionregistration@dnr.mo.gov. More information about the Missouri Pesticide Collection Program is available at dnr.mo.gov/waste-recycling/what-were-doing/events-collections-trainings/missouri-pesticide-collection-program.