Project Safe Send in town Thrusday

Project Safe Send is in Jamestown from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday, sponsored by the North Dakota Department of Agriculture. The location is 3568 81st Ave. NE at the North Dakota Department of Transportation shop. Take the Woodbury interchange on Interstate 94, exit 256; go north about half a mile; the shop is located on the east side of the street.

Project Safe Send helps North Dakotans legally dispose of unusable pesticides. It accepts any pesticides (herbicides, insecticides, rodenticides and fungicides) that are old, unusable or banned. It is free. The program is open to farmers, ranchers, pesticide dealers and applicators, government agencies, homeowners and the general public. After the pesticides are collected, they are packed and shipped out of state for incineration. The program is funded through fees paid by pesticide manufacturers to register their products in North Dakota.

Empty containers or containers of paint or oil are not accepted at the collection sites. Pesticide rinse water is also accepted. People with more than 1,000 pounds of pesticides should preregister by contacting Jeremiah Lien, state Department of Agriculture, 800-242-7535 or jjlien@nd.gov. Pesticide rinse water is also accepted; the first 100 pounds is free; $1 per additional pound will be charged.

Anyone with questions may contact Lien.

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