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IDOA Schedules Clean Sweep Collection In Northwest Illinois
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Residents of eight northwestern Illinois counties can dispose of unwanted agrichemicals for free this year through the Illinois Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Pesticide Clean Sweep program.
A Clean Sweep collection has been scheduled in late summer for Carroll, Henry, Jo Daviess, Knox, Mercer, Rock Island, Stephenson and Whiteside counties, the department announced today. The collection, which rotates among Illinois counties, is open to farmers, retired farmers, nursery owners, private pesticide applicators and landowners who inherited unwanted agricultural pesticides with their property.
"There are two, big reasons to take advantage of this program," Warren Goetsch, bureau chief of Environmental Programs, said. "First, it's free. If individuals were to properly dispose of agrichemicals on their own, the cost would be expensive. But the department is able to provide the service free of charge thanks to a grant it obtained from the U.S. EPA. Second, the state of Illinois, not the program participant, will assume liability for the proper disposal of all materials collected."
Participants must register the products they plan to dispose of by June 25. Registration is required to give the waste disposal contractor time to prepare for the different kinds of materials that will need to be handled. Forms can be obtained either by calling the Illinois Department of Agriculture's Pesticide Hotline at 1-800-641-3934 or visiting one of the program sponsors listed below.
Completed forms should be mailed or faxed to the Illinois Department of Agriculture. The mailing address is: Clean Sweep Program, Illinois Department of Agriculture, State Fairgrounds, P.O. Box 19281, Springfield, IL, 62794-9281. The fax number is (217) 524-4882.
Participants then will be sent a reservation card indicating the date, time and location of their collection.
Clean Sweep Sponsors | ||
Carroll County Farm Bureau 811 S. Clay St. Mt. Carroll, IL 61053-9770 |
Carroll County SWCD 807C S. Clay St. Mt. Carroll, IL 61053 |
Carroll County Extension Unit 807D S. Clay St. Mt. Carroll, IL 61053 |
Henry County Farm Bureau 114 N. East St. Cambridge, IL 61238-1157 |
Henry County SWCD 301 E. North St. Cambridge, IL 61238 |
Henry County Extension Unit 26234 Black Hawk Rd. Galva, IL 61434 |
Jo Daviess County Farm Bureau 212 N. Main St. P.O. Box 501 Elizabeth, IL 61028-0501 |
Jo Daviess County SWCD P.O. Box 502 Elizabeth, IL 61028 |
Jo Daviess County Extension Unit 204 Vine P.O. Box 600 Elizabeth, IL 61028 |
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Knox County SWCD 233 S. Soangetaha Rd. Galesburg, IL 61401 |
Knox County Extension Unit 180 S. Soangetaha Rd., Suite 108 Galesburg, IL 61401-5595 |
Mercer County Farm Bureau 206 S.E. Third St. P.O. Box 40 Aledo, IL 61231-0040 |
Mercer County SWCD 308 S.E. 8th Ave. Aledo, IL 61231 |
Mercer County Extension Unit 702 S.E. Third St. Aledo, IL 61231 |
Rock Island County Farm Bureau 1601 52nd Ave., Suite 3 Moline, IL 61265-6389 |
Rock Island County SWCD 3020 E. 1st Ave. Milan, IL 61624 |
Rock Island County Extension Unit 321 W. 2nd Ave. Milan, IL 61624 |
Stephenson County Farm Bureau 210 W. Spring St. Freeport, IL 61032-4346 |
Stephenson County SWCD 1620 S. Galena Ave. Freeport, IL 61032 |
Stephenson County Extension Unit 2998 W. Pearl City Rd. Freeport, IL 61032 |
Whiteside County Farm Bureau 100 E. Knox St. Morrison, IL 61270-2696 |
Whiteside County SWCD 16255 Liberty St. Morrison, IL 61270 |
Whiteside County Extension Unit 100 E. Knox St. Morrison, IL 61270 |
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