9 ON YOUR SIDE'S
MADELINE ASHLEY SPOKE
WITH COUNTY LEADERS
TODAY ABOUT WHY
THESE COLLECTIONS ARE
IMPORTANT.
PESTICIDES HAVE
HELPED FARMERS GROW
THEIR CROPS FOR
CENTURIES.
BUT CHEMICALS LIKE
THESE CAN EXPIRE OR
GO UNUSED.
COLLECTING THEM
HELPS OUR
ENVIRONMENT.
VO - NORTH CAROLINA'S
DEPARTMENT OF
AGRICULTURE WORKS
WITH COUNTY
EXTENSION OFFICERS TO
SAFELY COLLECT OLD
PESTICIDES.
COUNTIES OFFER THE
COLLECTION SERVICES
EVERY OTHER YEAR.
THIS YEAR ON FEBRUARY
26th, BEAUFORT COUNTY
WILL HELP PEOPLE WHO
WANT TO GET RID OF
THEIR CHEMICALS.
SOT- Rod Gurganus
Beaufort County Agriculture
Extension Agent "So we try
to work with NCDAT, to help
farmers and home owners, to
have the opportunity to bring
old unused, pesticides.
Pesticides that've been
sitting around for a long
time, ones they aren't gonna
use anymore." GURGANUS
SAYS SOME PEOPLE WHO
BOUGHT FARM
PROPERTIES FIND OLD
PESTICIDES IN BARNS OR
SHEDS.
THEY CAN BECOME A
PROBLEM IF THE
CHEMICALS LEAK OUT OF
CONTAINERS AND POISON
THE ENVIRONMENT.
CLEAN-UP EFFORTS LIKE
THIS PREVENT THAT.
SOT TRAIL- TAG- IF
YOU'RE UNSURE WHEN
YOUR COUNTY WILL BE
COLLECTING PESTICIDES,
YOU CAN ALWAYS CHECK
ONLINE OR CALL YOUR
LOCAL AGRICULTURE
EXTENSION AGENT TO
FIND OUT.
IN HYDE COUNTY
MADELINE ASHLEY, 9 ON
YOUR SIDE.
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