Department of Natural Resources will host four free pesticide pickups in 2024

JEFFERSON CITY, MO, JAN. 29, 2024 – The Missouri Department of Natural Resources will offer four free waste pesticide collection events in 2024 on in southwest Missouri’s Mount Vernon.

All of the events will be open from 8 a.m. to noon and are open to all Missouri farmers and households.

• March 9 – Fisher Delta Research, Extension and Education Center, 147 State Hwy. T in Portageville.
• 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 St. in Carrollton.

Accepted (Limited to 8,000 lbs. total product weight):

• 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.

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.