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The Pesticide Stewardship Alliance (TPSA) is pleased to announce that Washington State has appropriated $130,000 interim funding to accommodate existing recycling services and facilitate continued growth for pesticide container recycling in the state. The funding was made possible through the efforts of TPSA Member Far West Agribusiness
Read more →Background EPA’s Final Rule with requirements for pesticide container design, residue removal and containment for large tanks has been reviewed and approved by the Office of Management and Budget. The road is now clear for processing and signature by the EPA Administrator this summer. Requirements on the
Read more →Background The purpose of this pilot project is to support a partnership between EPA, Arizona and Sonora to plan and carry out pesticide collection/disposal events in Yuma County, Arizona, and within 25 miles of Yuma County in San Luis, Sonora. This work has been coordinated with the
Read more →Pesticide container recycling and disposal efforts in the United States are stalling out for a host of reasons. So as to offer guidance for a more elegant and lasting solution, TPSA released a new initiative in December 2005. This initiative will form the basis for continuing discussions
Read more →NPSA has recently entered into a partnership agreement with the North American Hazardous Materials Management Association (NAHMMA). NAHMMA is professional membership-based organization of individuals, businesses, government officials and non-profit organizations dedicated to pollution prevention and reducing the hazardous constituents entering municipal waste streams from households, small businesses
Read more →In September 2004, state, federal and local officials collected the millionth pound of potentially dangerous, outdated pesticides from Michigan for safe disposal through the Clean Sweep program during National Pollution Prevention Week. Michigan Department of Agriculture (MDA) Director Dan Wyant was on hand with other state, local
Read more →The Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (VDACS) and the Virginia Pesticide Control Board (VPCB) announced today that they have surpassed the one-million pound mark in collecting and disposing of the Commonwealth’s unwanted pesticides. The 2004 disposal project isn’t over yet, with seven localities in central
Read more →On July 19, 2004, the Working Committee for Water Quality and Pesticide Disposal (WQ&PD) of the State FIFRA Issues Research and Evaluation Group (SFIREG) submitted a report on pesticide disposal label language to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The report, entitled EPA Label Review Manual Revision:
Read more →Even though fewer dollars were available for unwanted pesticide collections in North Dakota this year, large amounts of chemicals still showed up at collection sites. Through July 2003, collections were held at nine sites and over 155,000 pounds of unwanted and unusable pesticides were brought in for
Read more →After 13 years of operation, the Wisconsin Agricultural Clean Sweep Program will cross a significant milestone this spring when it collects its two millionth pound. Only two other states have attained this mark: Texas and Minnesota. This event will be marked with a party and celebration in
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