ISSUE 1086
REMINDER:
OPERATION
CLEANSWEEP
STILL
ACCEPTING
PESTICIDES
Florida’s
Department
of
Agriculture
and
Consumer
Services
(FDACS)
is
still
conducting
Operation
Cleansweep,
a
program
that
provides
farmers,
nursery
operators,
and
others
a
one-time
safe
and
economical
way
to
dispose
of
their
cancelled,
suspended,
and
unusable
pesticides.
Since
1995,
Operation
Cleansweep
has
collected
and
disposed
of
nearly
1,000,000
pounds
(483.5
tons)
of
cancelled,
suspended
and
unusable
pesticides
from
almost
1,400
participants
in
65
counties.
FDACS
will
dispatch
a
contractor
to
each
participant’s
farm
or
business
facility
to
pick
up
the
pesticides.
Call
Kim
Hainge
at
(877)
851-5285
to
sign
up.
Additional
information
is
available
at
http://www.dep.state.fl.us/waste/categories/cleansweep-pesticides/.
ALSO IN THIS WEEK'S RAP-UP (Members-Only articles are indicated in bold.)
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