The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) is offering
rural Texans the opportunity to dispose of banned or unwanted
pesticides, properly rinsed plastic pesticide containers, used
motor oil, oil filters, and lead-acid batteries free of charge.
This collection will be held, rain or shine, at the following time
and location:
Tuesday, December 4 - Helena Chemical, 4642 E
Main
Collection hours are 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Agricultural wastes that will be collected include tractor-waste
products, such as brake and transmission fluids; and agricultural
supplies, such as pesticides, insecticides, harvest chemicals,
pesticides used on livestock, weed killers, and rat poison. All
agricultural chemicals will be accepted, but products containing
2,4,5-T, 2,4,5,TP (Silvex) or pentachlorophenol will only be
accepted in quantities of 5-gallons or less.
The program does not accept fertilizers or nutrient materials
that are neither hazardous nor contain pesticide admixtures. No
tires, explosives, compressed-gas cylinders, or wastes from
chemical dealers will be accepted. Empty, plastic pesticide
containers must be clean and triple- or high-pressure rinsed to be
accepted. For large quantities of plastic pesticide containers,
please contact USAg Recycling at 1-800-654-3145 to arrange pickup
at no cost. There is a limit of two 55-gallon drums per participant
on oil filter recycling, and filters will not be accepted from
businesses that change oil for a fee.
Agricultural Waste Pesticide Collections are co-sponsored by the
TCEQ's Small Business and Environmental Assistance Division, Texas
Cooperative Extension Service, Texas Department of Agriculture, and
USAg Recycling. The free collections, conducted rain or
shine, give agricultural producers who use pesticides in Texas an
opportunity to dispose of unwanted products safely and
properly.
For more information about these collections, please contact
County Extension Agent Wanda Willard at 830-278-6661 or visit the
TCEQ's
Ag. Waste Collection web page .
