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 52 collection events throughout the state and has collected more than 629,669 lbs of material from approximately 2,196 participants.
2022 Clean Sweep
A "Clean Sweep" collection has been scheduled in late summer for Fulton, Henderson, Knox, Marshall, Mercer, Peoria, Putnam, Stark, Warren, and Woodford counties, the Department 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.
Participants must register the products they plan to dispose of by Wednesday, July 27. 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:
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.
2022 Clean Sweep Sponsors:
Fulton - Co. SWCD 13118 N. Us Hwy. 24 Lewistown, IL 61542 |
Fulton Farm Bureau 15411 N State 100 Hwy Ste 1 Lewistown, IL 61542 |
Knox Farm Bureau 180 S Soangetaha Rd Ste 101 Galesburg, IL 61401 |
Univ. of IL Ext. - Henderson 410 East Main PO Box 540 Stronghurst, IL 61480 |
Henderson - Co. SWCD 323 E. Main St. Stronghurst, IL 61480 |
Marshall - Putnam Co. SWCD 1511 University Ct. Henry, IL 61537 |
Knox - Co. SWCD 233 S. Soangetaha Rd. Galesburg, IL 61401 |
Univ. of IL Ext. - Knox 180 S Soangetaha Rd, Ste 108 Galesburg, IL 61401 |
Univ. of IL Ext. - Mercer 910 13th Street Viola, IL 61486 |
Marshall - Putman Farm Bureau 509 Front St Ste 1 Henry, IL 61537 |
Univ. of IL Ext. – Marshall /Putman 509 Front Street, Ste 4 Henry, IL 61537 |
Peoria - Co. SWCD 6715 N. Smith Rd. Edwards, IL 61528 |
Mercer Farm Bureau 206 SE 3rd St Aledo, IL 61231 |
Mercer - Co. SWCD 308 S.E. 8th Ave. Aledo, IL 61231 |
Univ. of IL Ext. - Stark 358 Front Street Galva, IL 61434 |
Peoria Farm Bureau 1716 N University St Peoria, IL 61604 |
Stark - Co. SWCD 7419b State Rt. 17 Toulon, IL 61483 |
Warren/Henderson Farm Bureau 1000 N Main St Monmouth, IL 61462 |
Stark Farm Bureau 7417b State Route 17 Toulon, IL 61483 |
Univ. of IL Ext. - Warren 1000 North Main Street PO Box 227 Monmouth, IL 61462 |
Woodford - Co. SWCD 937 W. Center St. Eureka, IL 61530 |
Warren - Co. SWCD 701 N. Main St. Monmouth, IL 61462 |
Univ. of IL Ext. - Woodford 109 East Eureka Avenue Eureka, IL 61530 |
Woodford Farm Bureau 117 W Center St PO Box 225 Eureka, IL 61530 |
Woodford - Co. SWCD 937 W. Center St. Eureka, IL 61530 |