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Department of Natural Resources will host a pesticide collection event

JEFFERSON CITY, MO, MARCH 28, 2025 – The Missouri Department of Natural Resources will offer a free waste pesticide collection event April 5 at MFA Agri Services, located at 215 W. Maple St. in Shelbina. The collection event will operate from 8 a.m. to noon and is open to Missouri farmers and households.

Accepted (limited to 8,000 lbs. total weight per farm or household):

• 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.

Two more collection events are scheduled for 2025:

• Sept. 13 – MFA Agri Services, 3501 US 61 in Perryville.
• Oct. 4 –  Litton Agri-Science Learning Center, 10780 Liv 235 in Chillicothe.

Registration is recommended but not required. 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.