WASHINGTON — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is requesting public comment on options for disclosing inert ingredients in pesticides. In this anticipated rulemaking, EPA is seeking ideas for greater disclosure of inert ingredient identities. Inert ingredients are part of the end use product formulation and are not active
Read more →Archive for the 2009 News Category
Best management guidelines for handling agricultural plastics in preparation for recycling are now available as a full color, 8.5″ x 14″ poster. The guidelines were developed by the Recycling Ag Plastics Project (RAPP), a Cornell University-based initiative, and were printed in collaboration with the Northeast Waste Management
Read more →WASHINGTON –The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency plans to strengthen its assessment of pesticide health risks. EPA’s proposal would include a more thorough assessment of risks to workers, including farmworkers and farm children, as well as risks posed by pesticides that are not used on food. The agency
Read more →St. Louis, MO – The Pesticide Stewardship Alliance (TPSA) has set February 21-23, 2010 for the 10th annual conference on Pesticide and Ag Plastics Stewardship to be held in Savannah, Georgia. Bask in southern hospitality as you connect, interface and learn from the leaders of industry, state
Read more →One of America’s longest running and most successful clean sweep programs was restored in July 2009 with the passage of the State Budget. Although reduced from $1 million to $750,000 per year for local grants, all collection programs are running for the fall of 2009: farm, household
Read more →In 2007, TPSA submitted a five-year strategy to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency as a condition of TPSA’s membership in the Pesticide Environmental Stewardship Program (PESP). TPSA’s overarching five-year goal is to foster and facilitate communication among pesticide stakeholders regarding stewardship issues as they arise. The specific
Read more →St. Louis, MO— The Pesticide Stewardship Alliance (TPSA) recently presented four stewardship awards at the 9th Annual Stewardship Conference held February 24 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The “Leadership in Product Stewardship – Private” was presented to Martin Fitzpatrick of BASF and the Chair of CropLife America Stewardship
Read more →St. Louis, MO ? The Pesticide Stewardship Alliance (TPSA) recently elected officers for 2009. The group also filled four board of director positions. New officers include President Kevin Neal, Office of Indiana State Chemist; Vice President Eric Laut, Veolia Environmental Services; Secretary, Jennifer McLaughlin, Clean Harbors Environmental
Read more →Agri-Plas ships first batches of crude oil to refinery BROOKS, Ore.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–In the latest showing of Oregon’s entrepreneurial and environmenta l prowess, Agri-Plas, an Oregon-based plastics recycler, is the first company in the nation to convert unwanted and typically unrecyclable agricultural plastics into crude oil and ship
Read more →St. Louis, MO – “Environmental Stewardship” is a popular phrase used by the media these days, and for three days in Albuquerque, New Mexico, it was the “talk of the town.” The Pesticide Stewardship Alliance (TPSA), held its 9th Annual Conference at the Hotel Albuquerque at Old
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