Mississippi producers, landowners, and property managers will soon have two free opportunities to get rid of pesticides they can no longer use.
Officials with the Mississippi State University Extension Service and the college’s agricultural and biological engineering department will host agricultural pesticide disposal events in Yazoo County and Forrest County.
The Yazoo County event will take place in the parking lot of the former Tal Port building at 2003 Gordon Ave. on Feb. 24, while the Forrest County one will occur at the multipurpose center’s parking lot at 962 Sullivan Drive in Hattiesburg on March 3. Both will run from 8 a.m. until 3 p.m.
Waste pesticides accepted include insecticides, herbicides, fungicides, and other pesticide products. Producers can also bring up to two tractor tires and up to 10 car or truck tires to the Yazoo County event .
“These events are expensive to organize, so we only have a few each year,” Pesticide disposal program director Mary Love Tagert said. “It’s important to participate and dispose of old products sitting in the barn to reduce the chance of spills.”
