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Kansas
Department of Health & Environment
Bill Graves, Governor
Clyde D. Graeber, Secretary
For Immediate Release
September 26, 2002
Contact: Sharon Watson, 785-296-5795
No questions asked. No fees to pay . . . and you protect the environment.
These are the benefits of the Kansas Clean Sweep program aimed at collecting
agricultural waste pesticides. The Kansas Department of Health and Environment
(KDHE) is sponsoring the program, to remove unwanted pesticides from farms and
ranches in south central Kansas this fall. Any farmer or rancher who operates
in Kansas is eligible for the program.
Current, canceled, unwanted, unused, obsolete, or damaged pesticides are eligible
for pickup.
"It's especially important for farmers and ranchers to search their barns, sheds, and chemical storage area for canceled products," says Cathy Colglazier, an environmental scientist with KDHE. "Continued use of some canceled products may be illegal. This program allows farmers and ranchers to dispose of these materials, no questions asked."
Some of the pesticides targeted for disposal include: Aldrin, Carbon Tetrachloride, Chlordane, Chlordimeform, Daminozide, DBCO, DDT, Dieldrin, Dinoseb, Ethylene dibromide, Endrin, ENP, Heptachlor, Kepone, Pentachlorophenol, Silvex, 2,4,5 - T, Toxaphene, Trichlorphenol.
Clean Harbors Environmental Services will serve as the contractor for the program. The company will supply all labor and equipment necessary to conduct the collection.
Pre-registration is requested to ensure appropriate manpower and equipment for each farm and ranch participating in the program. For more information, call 1-800-282-9790 or 785-291-3132 and ask for the Clean Sweep Coordinator. (See schedule of events on next page).
Upcoming Clean Sweep pesticide collection locations, dates and hours are shown below:
| Meade | November 12 = 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. Meade County Fairgrounds 4 blocks north of 54 Hwy. on Fowler St. then 5 blocks west on W. Washington |
| Dodge City | November 13 = 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. Ford County Noxious Weed/HHW Facility 10972 113 Road |
| Larned | November 14 = 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. Pawnee County Fairgrounds 2 blocks east of Hwy. 56/156 junction, 4 blocks north (turn north at National Guard Armory), ½ block east |
| Coldwater | December 3 = 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. Comanche County Fairgrounds From Hwy. 160 go east on Cleveland 5 blocks to stop sign, 1 block north, 1 block east |
| Pratt | December 4 = 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. Pratt County HHW/Recycling Center 1102 S. Main |
| Hutchinson | December 5 = 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. State Fairgrounds - Livestock Annex On 20th Avenue between Poplar and Plum Streets |
| Harper | December 10 = 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. Harper County Fairgrounds On 9th Street between Central and Washington Streets |
| Whitewater | December 11 = 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. Ag Services, Inc. 13549 NW State Road 196 (East of Whitewater on Hwy. 196) |
| Marion | December 12 = 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. Marion County Noxious Weed/HHW Facility 141 N. Coble Street |