[Sqg-program] Cleansweep pickups have started

Tue, 1 Apr 2003 16:18:30 -0500

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> After holding Cleansweep collection events that served 62 of Florida's =
67
> counties between December 2000 and May 2002, we have retooled the =
program
> to offer free pick-up and disposal of cancelled, suspended and =
unusable
> pesticides. There will no longer be collection events.=20
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> The Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, with the help of
> county ag agents, county solid waste personnel, product dealers and =
trade
> associations, is collecting names, addresses, quantities and types =
from
> participants and verify this information. When we have a sufficient
> quantity of product in a defined area, we will dispatch the contractor =
to
> each participant's farm or business facility to pick up the =
pesticides. A
> flier
> =
<../../../quick_topics/publications/shw/cleansweep-pesticides/Promotional=
Fl
> ier0203.PDF>  provides details and instructions on how to sign up for =
this
> free pick-up service. You may email Keith Myhre
> <mailto:mailto%20myhrek@doacs.state.fl.us>  of the Department of
> Agriculture and Consumer Services or call him toll-free at =
877-851-5285 to
> sign up.  See the Cleansweep website at
> =
http://www.dep.state.fl.us/waste/categories/cleansweep-pesticides/pages/P=
ic
> kUpService.htm for details and a promotional flier.=20
> Collections just started on April 1.  More than 100 participants have
> signed up already, mostly in Orange, Hillsborough, Seminole, Polk and
> Miami-Dade Counties but there are some in every part of the state. We =
will
> continue this year's pickups until June 15 or until we run out of =
money
> (not likely). The free service may or may not be available next year
> depending on the Legislature's decision on the funding request, so we
> encourage you to notify potential participants. Call Keith Myhre
> 877-851-5285 or email him at myhrek@doacs.state.fl.us if you have =
potential
> participants or questions.
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>=20
> Please Note:  Florida has a very broad public records law.  Most =
written
> communications to or from state officials regarding state business are
> public records available to the public and media upon request.  Your =
e-mail
> is communications and may therefore be subject to public disclosure.
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After holding Cleansweep collection =
events that served 62 of Florida&#8217;s 67 counties between December =
2000 and May 2002, we have retooled the program to offer free pick-up =
and disposal of cancelled, suspended and unusable pesticides. There will =
no longer be collection events. 
 
The Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, with the help of =
county ag agents, county solid waste personnel, product dealers and =
trade associations, is collecting names, addresses, quantities and types =
from participants and verify this information. When we have a sufficient =
quantity of product in a defined area, we will dispatch the contractor =
to each participant&#8217;s farm or business facility to pick up the =
pesticides. A <A =
HREF=3D"file://../../../quick_topics/publications/shw/cleansweep-pesticid=
es/PromotionalFlier0203.PDF">flier</A> provides details =
and instructions on how to sign up for this free pick-up service. You =
may email <A =
HREF=3D"mailto:mailto%20myhrek@doacs.state.fl.us">Keith Myhre</A> of the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services or =
call him toll-free at 877-851-5285 to sign up.&nbsp; See the Cleansweep =
website at <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.dep.state.fl.us/waste/categories/cleansweep-pesticides=
/pages/PickUpService.htm">http://www.dep.state.fl.us/waste/categories/cleansweep-pesticides/=
pages/PickUpService.htm</A> =
for details and a promotional flier.

Collections just started on April =
1.&nbsp; More than 100 participants have signed up already, mostly in =
Orange, Hillsborough, Seminole, Polk and Miami-Dade Counties but there =
are some in every part of the state. We will continue this year's =
pickups until June 15 or until we run out of money (not likely). The =
free service may or may not be available next year depending on the =
Legislature's decision on the funding request, so we encourage you to =
notify potential participants. Call Keith Myhre 877-851-5285 or email =
him at myhrek@doacs.state.fl.us if you have potential participants or =
questions.

<P><FONT COLOR=3D"#000080" SIZE=3D1 FACE=3D"Arial">Please Note:&nbsp; =
Florida has a very broad public records law.&nbsp; Most written =
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disclosure.</FONT></P>
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