Promoting recycling amongst farmers to protect their farms, their families, their health and the environment.
The campaign encouraged farmers to recycle their empty pesticide containers. For three days, the farmers were able to dispose of their unwanted or outdated agricultural chemicals free of charge at one of 45 locations throughout the province.
The Saskatchewan CleanFARMS Obsolete Pesticide Collection Campaign in Canada encouraged farmers to recycle in order to protect their farms, their families, their health and the environment. The project was run by CropLife Canada, in partnership with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada and agriculture retailers.
Farmers were also taught three steps to recycling the empty containers: triple or pressure rinsing to ensure no product is wasted; removing caps and booklets to ensure that containers can be properly recycled; and returning the containers to be local collection site, which is searchable on the CleanFARMS website.