Department of Natural Resources to be host of pesticide collection event in Shelbina in April

SHELBINA, Mo. — The Missouri Department of Natural Resources will offer a free waste pesticide collection event from 8 a.m. to noon Saturday, April 5, at MFA Agri Services, 215 W. Maple, in Shelbina.

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.

Registration is recommended but not required. Register at pesticidecollectionregistration@dnr.mo.gov. More information about the Missouri Pesticide Collection Program is available online at http://dnr.mo.gov/waste-recycling/what-were-doing/events-collections-trainings/missouri-pesticide-collection-program.