The Ministry of the Environment has announced that Landscape Ontario’s home office in Milton will be a site to collect obsolete pesticides.
For members of the industry, it’s an opportunity to get rid of products made obsolete by the newly-instituted Ontario pesticide ban. The collection dates are Oct. 27, 28 and 29 at either the LO offices or at JB & D Co., at 3912 Highway 7, in Unionville. The hours of operation each day, at both sites, are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The annual CropLife program will take place a week before, Oct. 20 to 22. The program involves 16 collection sites across the province that will accept pesticides. The service is free.
Pesticide collection programs have been run in Canada by CropLife Canada since 1998 under the CleanFARMS banner. More than 270,000 kilograms of obsolete product have been collected in Ontario during previous collection campaigns in 2001 and 2005.
Collection locations, Oct. 20 to 22
• Hensall: Hensall District Co-operative, 116 Main Street
• Arnprior: M&R Feeds and Farm Supply, 70 Decosta Street
• Bethany: Thompsons Limited, 9 Elevator Road
• Brodhagen: Hoegy’s Farm Supply, 6777 Perth Line 44
• Courtland: Cargill AgHorizons, 159 Talbot Street
• Dundalk: Huron Bay Co-operative, 35 Dundalk Street
• Harriston: North Wellington Co-operative Services, 56 Margaret Street South
• Jordan Station: Vineland Growers Co-operative, 4150 Jordan Road
• Kitchener: Growmark Distribution Centre, 1 Chandaria Place Unit 7
• Lancaster: Munro’s Agromart Ltd., 6011 Hwy #34
• Napanee: O’Neill’s Farm Supply, 1 Dairy Avenue
• Thornloe: Co-op Regionale – Temiskaming Ag Centre, 964027 Development Road, New Liskeard
• Orangeville: Holmes Agro Ltd., 473088 County Road 11
• Thunder Bay: Thunder Bay Co-op Farm Supply, 560 Boundary Drive
• Tilbury: Cargill AgHorizons, 23404 Wheatley Road
• Vienna: Max Underhill’s Farm Supply, 56532 Calton Line
Collection locations, Oct. 27 to 29
• Milton: Landscape Ontario, 7856 Fifth Line South,
• Unionville: JB&D Co., 3912 Hwy. 7
Volunteers will be at each site during the collection period to receive product and answer questions. Site staff will be keeping track of the types and volumes of products. Pesticide products should have a PCP number on the container, although in cases where the label is no longer present, or it is unknown which particular pesticide was in the container, the product should be labeled “pesticide unknown” when it is brought to a collection site.
Registration is required. To complete an online registration form, see the web address below. Those not registering before the collection dates, will be required to fill out a form onsite. To register, contact Elizabeth Pennant at CropLife Canada through one of the following methods:
• CropLife Canada Phone at: (416) 622-9771 ext. 2221
• CropLife Canada Fax at: (416) 622-6764
• CropLife Canada email: pennante@croplife.ca
• Online at: www.croplife.ca/stewardship/ontariopesticidecollection
The response to the 2009 program will help determine the need for future collection and disposal programs. For more information, visit www.ofac.org.
