National stewardship organization, Cleanfarms, starts its 2022 collection of unwanted agricultural pesticides and old, obsolete livestock, equine and poultry medications.
Cleanfarms develops and operates programs to help farmers and producers manage on-farm agricultural waste materials and ensure materials are disposed safely.
In total, Cleanfarms’ 2022 program includes 81 collection events. At these events, farmers are encouraged to bring:
- old or unwanted agricultural pesticides (identified with a Pest Control Product number on the label)
- commercial pesticides for golf courses and industrial and commercial pest control products (identified with a Pest Control Product number on the label)
- livestock/equine medications that are used on-farm for livestock, poultry or horses (identified with a DIN number, serial number, notification number or Pest Control Product number on the label).
Cleanfarms 2022 upcoming collection events are:
- Alberta & British Columbia – Peace Region: October 12 to 20
- Newfoundland: October 18 to 21
- Manitoba: October 24 to 28
More about Cleanfarrms’ collection program
Cleanfarms is a Canadian, non-profit stewardship organization funded by members in the crop protection, crop storage and animal health industries.
The program of collecting old and unwanted pesticides has been in place since 1998. In 2014, the Canadian Animal Health Institute joined the program as a partner to add obsolete farm animal medications to the materials accepted.
It is designed to help keep farms clean and sustainable while keeping materials out of landfills.
The last time this program was held in these regions in 2019 a total of 214,618 kgs of unwanted pesticides and 5,842 kgs of obsolete animal medications were collected.
Cleanfarms’ Executive Director Barry Friesen says farmers appreciate this program and wait for it to return to their region every three years.