2012 collection programs
· British Columbia
o Interior
o Okanagan
o Peace Region
· Northern Saskatchewan
· Manitoba
· New Brunswick/Nova Scotia
Dates and locations coming soon.
PAST PROGRAMS
2011 PROGRAMS
British Columbia
In 2011, farmers in British Columbia turned in more than 22,000 kg of obsolete pesticides. View news release. See additional regional news releases here.
Saskatchewan
Farmers in southern Saskatchewan turned in unwanted or obsolete pesticides over a three-day period in October of 2011. View news release.
Quebec
CleanFARMS, in partnership with UPA, ran an obsolete pesticide collection program through the month of September. See more details.
Rocky View
Farmers in Rocky View, Alberta, turned in more than 2,400 kg of unwanted pesticides in 2011.
Prince Edward Island
Farmers in Prince Edward Island turned in more than 27,000 kg of obsolete pesticides in 2011. View news release.
2009 ONTARIO
In Ontario, industry collected and disposed of 117,000 kilograms of obsolete pesticides products in cooperation with AGCare, Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, Ontario Farm Animal Council, Canadian Animal Health Institute, Ontario Veterinary Medical Association and Ontario Agri Business Association. As part of this project, farmers brought their obsolete pesticides, unused animal health products and used sharps(needles, syringes and scalpel blades) to a series of 16 collection sites for disposal on October 20-22, 2009.
BRITISH COLUMBIA
Farmers in the Peace Region had an opportunity to easily dispose of their obsolete pesticides. During thecollection, over 3,000 kilograms of obsolete pesticides were collected. The British Columbia program wasco-sponsored by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, BC Ministry of Environment, Environment Canada, BC Ministry of Agriculture and Lands, BC Agriculture Council, Investment Agriculture Foundation of BC and Health Canada and CropLife Canada.
2008 MANITOBA
In Manitoba, over 51,158 kilograms of unwanted and obsolete agricultural pesticides –enough to fillapproximately four semi-trailers – were collected and disposed of. Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives Agriculture Sustainability Initiative Fund and Manitoba Conservation’s Sustainable Development Innovations Fund partnered with CropLife Canada to collect obsolete pesticides from Manitoba farmers.
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