THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE’S ANNUAL “CLEAN SWEEP” PROGRAM WILL BE HELD IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHWESTERN ILLINOIS THIS YEAR. 

CLEAN SWEEP GIVES ILLINOIS RESIDENTS A CHANCE TO GET RID OF OLD AGRICULTURAL PESTICIDES AND SIMILAR CHEMICALS. IT WILL BE AVAILABLE IN BOND, CLINTON, FAYETTE, JERSEY, MACOUPIN, MADISON, MARION, MONROE, MONTGOMERY AND SAINT CLAIR COUNTIES SAYS THE AGENCY’S BRAD BEAVER.

BEAVER SAYS THOSE INTERESTED NEED TO PRE-REGISTER BY JULY 28TH. 

MORE INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ONLINE AT: AGR DOT ILLINOIS DOT GOV. FROM THERE SELECT “PLANTS” AND THEN “PESTICIDES.”