Do you have pesticides at your home or farm that you no longer need or use?
If your answer is 'yes', then you'll be interested in the Pamlico County Pesticide Collection Day on Wednesday March 26, 2014. The
Pamlico County Cooperative Extension Office, in cooperation with the NC
Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services' Pesticide Disposal
Assistance Program, a NON-Regulatory and Cost-Free program, will be
offering this Pesticide Collection Day for residents in Pamlico County
and all of the surrounding North Carolina counties. County
Agricultural Extension Agent Daniel Simpson will be the local contact
for the event. The Collection will take place from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00
p.m. at the Pamlico County Heritage Center in Grantsboro (located near
the intersection of Hwy 55 and 306). Address: 10642 NC Hwy 55
Grantsboro, N.C. 28529 Nearly all pesticide products will be
accepted at this amnesty collection event, including banned and
out-dated pesticides. For pesticides with unreadable or missing labels,
please contact the Cooperative Extension Office for instructions.
Please save any portion of the label to help identify the material so
you can be assisted with disposal. Unknown materials cannot be
accepted. For pressurized pesticide gas cylinders or containers
greater than 5 gal in size, please contact the Extension Office BEFORE
the Collection Day for special instructions and information. For tips
on transporting the pesticides safely to the Collection event, contact
the Extension Office. Each year the Pesticide Disposal Assistance
Program (www.ncagr.com/PDAP) visits between 40-50 counties to collect
unwanted and unused pesticides through this NON-regulatory amnesty
Program. This means that a Collection Day of this kind only happens
about once every other year in each county! Don't miss this
pesticide collection opportunity in Pamlico County co-sponsored by
NCDA&CS and the NCCES. For more information contact Daniel Simpson
at (252) 745-4121.
|