Regional and county household hazardous waste (HHW) facilities, as well as county environmental officials, implement the Waste Pesticide Collection Program in the state of Minnesota. HHW facilities are not allowed to accept pesticide rinsate waste on behalf of the MDA's Waste Pesticide Collection Program.
Pesticide rinsate is a dilute water mixture created when a pesticide user cleans their pesticide application or storage equipment, rinses containers, or cleans up a pesticide spill. Rinsate must be managed in accordance with the pesticide product label. See the Pesticide Rinsate Management fact sheet (PDF) for details.
The following are types of wastes that are NOT accepted for disposal on behalf of the MDA's Waste Pesticide Collection Program.
- Pesticide Rinsate
- Empty Containers
- Fertilizers
- Crop oil
- Spreader/stickers
- Foam markers
- Seed dye and inoculants
- Other products not covered in MDA's disposal program
