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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