Success StoryPesticide Rinse & Return Program



Pesticide Rinse & Return Program

Author: T. Adam Probst

Planning Unit: Woodford County CES

Major Program: Water and Soil Quality and Conservation

Plan of Work: Environmental Quality

Outcome: Initial Outcome

Every year the Woodford County Extension Service participates in the state Pesticide Rinse & Return Program.  In 2021, 18 producers recycled the most amount of empty pesticide containers that Woodford County has in the past.  Over 1,200 empty pesticide containers were recycled that would normally have been landfilled.






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