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.
