. Agri-news. Agriculture. October 6, 2003 Free pesticide disposal for Alberta farmers Operation CleanFarm. a pesticide collection program that offers farmers the opportunity to dispose of old crop protection products at no cost, will take place on October 21 to 23, 2003 in central Alberta. Old pesticides such as herbicides, insecticides, fungicides and rodenticides can be dropped off at 35 collections sites being set up throughout central Alberta. "Operation CleanFarm is an excellent opportunity for farmers to properly dispose of old pesticide products," says Shirley McClellan, Deput
. Agri-news. Agriculture. October 6, 2003 Free pesticide disposal for Alberta farmers Operation CleanFarm. a pesticide collection program that offers farmers the opportunity to dispose of old crop protection products at no cost, will take place on October 21 to 23, 2003 in central Alberta. Old pesticides such as herbicides, insecticides, fungicides and rodenticides can be dropped off at 35 collections sites being set up throughout central Alberta. "Operation CleanFarm is an excellent opportunity for farmers to properly dispose of old pesticide products," says Shirley McClellan, Deputy Premier and Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Development. "Our Alberta farmers take environmental stewardship seriously, and I know our producers appreciate the help this program offers. I commend all the agriculture industry organizers and volunteers at the collection stations throughout central Alberta, who are helping to make all of this ; In 2002. phase one of Operation CleanFarm, a three-year stewardship program initiated by CropLife Canada, was launched in the Peace River region and collected almost 22 tonnes of old pesticides. The final phase, to be launched in 2004, will target southern Alberta. The initiative is part of a Canada-wide obsolete-pesticide collection and disposal program that was first introduced in 1998. To date, over 500 metric tonnes of obsolete agricultural pesticides have been collected coast to coast through programs in Atlantic Canada, Saskatchewan. Ontario. Quebec, British Columbia and Alberta. A program is also under development in Manitoba. "Ultimately, we all have the same goal - to protect Alberta's environment," says Environment Minister Lome Tavlor. "This program is an excellent example of how industry, governments and communities can work together to achieve that goal Centra! Alberta collection sites include: Athabasca UFA Barrhead AgricoreUnited Bashaw AgricoreUnited Bonnyville AgricoreUnited Camro
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