www.pested.unl.edu/recycling
The 2008 edition of the Nebraska Plastic Pesticide Container Recycling program is up and running, with thirty-nine collection sites available
state-wide for applicators to deliver their rinsed, plastic pesticide containers to.
The Nebraska Plastic Pesticide Container Recycling program recycles rinsed and clean 2.5 gallon jugs and plastic crop protection drums of 15, 30, and 55 gallons. Plastic material from a variety of sources may be recycled from rinsed containers, including agriculture (farm, ranch, custom applications), aerial spray containers, lawn care containers, mosquito abatement plastics, household extermination plastics, roads and park departments chemical containers, etc. At this time, however, household and residential plastic pesticide containers are not being accepted in this program. For those with household and residential plastics; please triple-rinse and dispose of as solid waste.
This year is the 17th year for the Nebraska Pesticide Container Recycling Program, which began in 1992. Over the years, Extension colleagues in Nebraska, in cooperation with businesses and organizations, have recycled approx. 1,750,000 pounds of material. That's over 800 tons of plastic removed from Nebraska's landscape.
The recycled plastic is used to create a number of end user products you may be familiar with, to include, field drain tile, plastic pesticide containers, shipping pallets, railroad ties, marine pilings, construction site mats, truck decking, speed bumps, parking stops, dimension lumber, waste drums, and much more.
For more information and specific instructions on recycling under this program, please visit pested.unl.edu/recycling. If you own a local business and would like to participate in future programs as a collections site, please contact Clyde Ogg at the University of Nebraska - Lincoln Extension Pesticide Education Office at 402-472-1632.
