Fall 2008

CleanSweepNY is an opportunity to dispose of unwanted and/or obsolete pesticides and chemicals. This opportunity is directed at agriculture, professional certified applicators, marinas, schools, golf courses, cemeteries, etc...

CleanSweepNY is administered by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and is supported by the New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets and Cornell Cooperative Extension.

Targeted Counties: Westchester, Rockland, Putnam, Orange, Delaware, Ulster and Sullivan Counties.
Others may participate, however, no onsite collections will be included in non-targeted counties.

When: During the week of Nov. 3, 2008.

Where:

Why: To provide safe and economical disposal of unwanted or unregistered pesticides and other chemicals. Elimination of potential hazards to first responders and HazMat team members. Elimination of potential for environmental contamination.

Properly rinsed HDPE-2 ag plastics will be inspected on-site and accepted for recycling free of charge. Metal containers will not be accepted during the collection.

Cost: No charge to farmers. All others receive free 100 lb pesticide benefit. All non-pesticide disposal costs are on a per-pound basis at a nominal fee. Specific disposal costs can be viewed on Cost Structure page.

How: Pre-registration is mandatory. Registration packets will be mailed out via USPS upon request. Call 1-877-793-3769 to request a packet.

There is no enforcement potential for any product turned in as part of this collection program. Nine CleanSweepNY efforts have been conducted throughout New York State and 1,376 have registered with NO enforcement of any kind to any participant. Please do the right thing and participate!

Enrollment Forms help to identify:

• Contact information to communicate with holders
• Identity of pesticides held for collection
• Estimated weights and volumes of pesticides to be collected
• Unknowns to be collected
• Suspect packaging/containers for onsite collections

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