Release Date
JEFFERSON CITY, MO, MARCH 7, 2024 – The Missouri Department of Natural Resources will offer a free waste pesticide collection event March 9 at Fisher Delta Research, Extension and Education Center, 147 State Hwy. T in Portageville. The event will be open from 8 a.m. to noon and is available to all Missouri farmers and households.
Accepted (Limited to 8,000 lbs. total weight per farm or household):
- Herbicides.
- Insecticides.
- Fungicides.
- Rodenticides.
- De-wormers.
- 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.
Other 2024 events:
- April 6 – MFA Agri Services, 226 N. Walker St. in Montgomery City.
- Sept. 7 – Southwest Research, Extension and Education Center, 14548 State Road H in Mount Vernon.
- Oct. 5 – 901 S. Main Str. in Carrollton.
Register for one of the collection events at pesticidecollectionregistration@dnr.mo.gov. More information about the Missouri Pesticide Collection Program is available online at dnr.mo.gov/waste-recycling/what-were-doing/events-collections-trainings/missouri-pesticide-collection-program.