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Pesticide Clean Sweep Program
The Illinois Department of Agriculture, in cooperation with the Illinois Department of Public Health and with funding from the US EPA, annually conducts agricultural/structural pesticide clean sweep program collections for the residents of various counties in the state, depending on the availability of funds. Local sponsors usually included county Farm Bureau offices, University of Illinois Extension offices and Soil and Water Conservation District offices. All chemicals collected during this program are registered with the Department prior to the actual collection date. By pre-registering the products, the Department is able to determine which products were eligible for collection. The majority of products turned away from past collections were not pesticides.
These items included crop oil, surfactants, stickers, foaming agents, etc. Waste pesticides are usually collected from 8:30 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. The costs for the collections are paid for through a grant from the US EPA. Since the inception of the program in 1990, the Department has held more than 54 collection events throughout the state and has collected more than 662,5167 lbs of material from approximately 2,301 participants.
2024 Clean Sweep
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 Wednesday, July 26. Registration is required to give the waste disposal contractor time to prepare for the different kinds of materials that will need to be handled. Forms can be obtained either by calling the Illinois Department of Agriculture’s Pesticide Hotline at 1-800-641-3934 or by visiting one of the program sponsors listed below. Completed forms should be mailed or faxed to the Illinois Department of Agriculture. Completed forms should be mailed or faxed to the Illinois Department of Agriculture. The mailing address is:
Completed forms should be mailed or faxed to the Illinois Department of Agriculture. The mailing address is:
Clean Sweep Program,
Illinois Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Environmental Programs
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.
2024 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.
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Lasalle Farm Bureau 4201 Columbus St Ottawa, Il 61350 |
Lasalle - Co. SWCD
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Lee Farm Bureau
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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 |
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
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Winnebago - Co. SWCD 4833 Owen Center Rd. Rockford, Il 61101 |
Winnebago Farm Bureau 1925 S Meridian Rd Rockford, Il 61102 |
Winnebago - Univ. Of IL Ext.
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