| MDEQ actively participates in the Pesticide Container Recycling Program. This program is made up of regulatory agencies, local governments and concerned citizens interested in, and associated with the Mississippi agricultural community, with the disposal of empty pesticide containers in order to protect the environment and eliminate additional landfilling. |
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| Current Participants in the Pesticide Container Recycling Program |
Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality
Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce
Mississippi Cooperative Extension Service
Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation
United States Environmental Protection Agency
National Agricultural Chemicals Association
Dupont
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| History of Program |
The MS Pesticide Container Recycling Program began as a pilot project in 1989 in one county when the Mississippi agricultural community recognized the need for an acceptable method of disposing of these containers which would protect the environment and at the same time eliminate the wasteful and landfill practice of landfilling.
Supporters of the program included:
An interested farmer and aerial applicator offered his cotton gin as a site for baling and storing collected containers prior to shipment for processing. Baling proved to be unsatisfactory and a more efficient system of granulating or chipping was adopted. Equipment and systems were purchased and local programs established whereby the portable granulation equipment could be moved to participating counties for chipping collected containers on site.
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| Results |
1989 - Containers collected and recycled- (from 1 county) - 24,000 pounds
1989-2003 - Containers collected and recycled -(from 42 participating counties) - over 7,000,000 pounds |
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| Counties That Have Or Are Participating In Program |
Adams
Alcorn
Attala
Benton
Bolivar
Calhoun
Carroll
Claiborne
Coahoma
DeSoto
Franklin
Grenada
Hinds
Holmes
Humphreys
Issaquena
Itawamba
Lee
LeFlore
Lowndes
Madison |
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Monroe
Montgomery
Noxubee
Oktibbeha
Panola
Prentiss
Quitman
Rankin
Scott
Sharkey
Sunflower
Tallahatchie
Tate
Tippah
Tunica
Warren
Washington
Webster
Wilkinson
Yalobusha
Yazoo |
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| Contact |
| For more information on the Pesticide Container Recycling or to contact Groundwater Planning staff, click here. |
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