New in 2025! Newfoundland farmers – bring your rinsed and bagged pesticide and fertilizer containers to a Cleanfarms collection event for recycling.

This fall, you can bring back your properly prepared pesticide and fertilizer containers <23L to be recycled along with unwanted pesticides and old livestock/equine medications for safe disposal. Please hang on to your empty containers, set them aside in Cleanfarms ag collection bags, then bring them to the closest collection event between October 21 and 24.

Here’s everything you need to know:

  • Containers must be triple or pressure rinsed and in a Cleanfarms collection bag to be accepted.
  • Seed treatment containers must be bagged separately with caps on.

Collection events are coming to Newfoundland October 21 – October 24 between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. Find a collection event near you.

Get free collection bags from your Department of Fisheries, Forestry and Agriculture Pest Management Specialist!

Pynn’s Brook Regional Office
1 Agriculture Road (off TCH, behind Weight Scales)
Pynns Brook NL  A0L 1K0
709-686-2702

St. John’s Provincial Agriculture Building
204 Brookfield Road
2nd Floor
St. John’s, NL. A1E 0B2
709-697-5013

What‘s In? What’s Out?

What’s In
  • Clean, rinsed pesticide & fertilizer containers (classified as ‘Commercial’)
  • Includes seed treatment containers
What’s Out
  • Unrinsed containers
  • Containers used for home and garden care with the words ‘Domestic’ on their label
  • Non-pesticide & fertilizer containers

Prep Steps Video

Rinsing Brochure

Poster

Link to: Unwanted pesticides & old livestock/equine medications

Find out more about the Unwanted Pesticides and Old Livestock Medications collections happening in Newfoundland from October 21 to 24, 2025.