Bismarck  (CSi)  – Over 260 tons of unusable pesticides – an all-time record – were collected and shipped out of state in the 2019 Project Safe Send collections.

The collections were conducted during July in 12 communities: Wyndmere, Ashley, Bismarck, Hettinger, Dickinson, Tioga, Minot, Harvey, Larimore, Langdon, Devils Lake and Valley City.

Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring says, “More than 350 North Dakota farmers, ranchers, applicators, homeowners and others took part in the collections. This year’s total eclipses the previous record of 190 tons in 2015.”

Goehring said the results demonstrate a continued need for the program that enables people to safely and affordably get rid of unusable, unneeded or unwanted pesticides.

Larimore recorded the largest collection with 126,980 pounds. Valley City was second with 65,998 pounds of unusable pesticides.