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IDOA SCHEDULES CLEAN SWEEP COLLECTION IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS
SPRINGFIELD, IL. - Residents of 11 Illinois counties can dispose of unwanted agrichemicals for free this year through the Illinois Department of Agriculture's (IDOA) agricultural pesticide "Clean Sweep" program.
A "Clean Sweep" collection has been scheduled in late summer for Bureau, Carroll, Henry, JoDaviess, Lasalle, Lee, Ogle, Rock Island, Stephenson, Whiteside and Winnebago Counties, IDOA announced today. The collection, which rotates among Illinois counties, is open to farmers, retired farmers, nursery owners, private pesticide applicators, structural pest control applicators and landowners who inherited unwanted agricultural pesticides with their property.
"There are two main reasons to take advantage of this program," said Brad Beaver, Bureau Chief of Environmental Programs. "The Department is able to provide the service free of charge thanks to a grant obtained from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. If individuals were to properly dispose of agrichemicals on their own, it could be expensive. Secondly, the state of Illinois, not the program participant, will assume liability for the proper disposal of all materials collected."
Participants must register the products they plan to dispose of by July 26. Registration is required to give the waste disposal contractor time to prepare for the different kinds of materials being collected. Forms can be obtained either by calling the IDOA Pesticide Hotline at 1-800-641-3934, online at agr.illinois.gov/pesticides/pesticide-clean-sweep-program.html or by visiting one of the program sponsors listed below.
Completed forms should be mailed or faxed to the Illinois Department of Agriculture. The mailing address is: Clean Sweep Program, Illinois Department of Agriculture, State Fairgrounds, P.O. Box 19281, Springfield, IL, 62794-9281. The fax number is (217) 524-4882. Participants then will be sent a reservation card indicating the date, time and location of their collection.
The "Clean Sweep" program began in 1990 in Illinois. Since its inception, the Department has held 54 collection events through the state and collected 662,517 pounds of material from 2,301 participants.
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| Clean Sweep Sponsors |
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| Bureau - Co. SWCD 312 E. Backbone Rd. Princeton, Il 61356 | Bureau - Univ. Of IL Ext. 850 Thompson St, Becker Professional Suite Princeton, Il 61356
| Bureau Farm Bureau 1407 N Main St Princeton, Il 61356 |
| Carroll Farm Bureau 811 South Clay Street Mount Carroll, Il 61053 | Carroll - Univ. Of IL Ext. 642 S East Street Mt. Carroll, Il 61053
| Carroll - Co. SWCD 807c S. Clay St. My. Carroll, Il 61053 |
| Henry Farm Bureau 128 N Prospect St Cambridge, Il 61238 | Henry - Co. SWCD 301 East North St-P O Box 162 Cambridge, Il 61238
| Henry - Univ. Of IL Ext. 358 Front Street Galva, Il 61434 |
| Jodaviess Farm Bureau 212 N Main St Po Box 501 Elizabeth, Il 61028 | Jodaviess - Co. SWCD 227 N Main St. - Po Box 502 Elizabeth, Il 61028
| Jodaviess - Univ. Of IL Ext. 204 Vine, Po Box 600 Elizabeth, Il 61028 |
| Lasalle - Univ. Of IL Ext. 815 North Orlando Smith R Rm C223 Oglesby, Il 61348
| Lasalle - Univ. Of IL Ext. 1689 North 31st Road, Suite 2 Oglesby, Il 61348
| Lasalle Farm Bureau 4201 Columbus St Ottawa, Il 61350 |
| Lasalle - Co. SWCD 1691 N. 31st Rd. Ottawa, Il 61350
| Lee Farm Bureau 37 S East Ave Po Box 198 Amboy, Il 61310
| Lee - Co. SWCD 319 S. Mason Ave. Amboy, Il 61310 |
| Lee - Univ. Of IL Ext. 280 W Wasson Rd Amboy, Il 61310
| Ogle - Univ. Of IL Ext. 421 W Pines Rd. Suite 10 Oregon, Il 61061
| Ogle - Co. SWCD 213 W. Pines Rd. Oregon, Il 61061 |
| Ogle Farm Bureau 421 W Pines Rd Ste 8 Po Box 195 Oregon, Il 61061
| Rock Island - Univ. Of IL Ext. 321 W 2nd Avenue Milan, Il 61264 | Rock Island Farm Bureau 1601 52nd Ave Ste 3 Moline, Il 61265
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| Rock Island Farm Bureau 1601 52nd Ave Ste 3 Moline, Il 61265 | Rock Island - Co. SWCD 3020 1st Ave. E. Milan, Il 61264
| Stephenson - Univ. Of IL Ext. 2998 W Pearl City Rd Freeport, Il 61032 |
| Stephenson - Co. SWCD 1620 S. Galena Ave. Freeport, Il 61032 | Stephenson Farm Bureau 210 W. Spring St. Freeport, Il 61032
| Whiteside - Univ. Of IL Ext. 12923 Lawrence Road Sterling, Il 61081 |
| Whiteside Farm Bureau 100 E Knox St Morrison, Il 61270 | Whiteside - Co. SWCD 400 Wilkens Drive Morrison, Il 61270
| Winnebageo - Co. SWCD 4833 Owen Center Rd. Rockford, Il 61101 |
| Winnebageo Farm Bureau 1925 S Meridian Rd Rockford, Il 61102 | Winnebageo - Univ. Of IL Ext. 1040 North Second Street Rockford, Il 61107
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