Below are the locations and dates for recycling pesticide containers in New Jersey. Individuals dropping off containers (triple rinsed, holes drilled in bottom of container or slit with a knife & sans paper booklet on container) may do so during business hours and can pick up the form with a stamped self-addressed envelope to mail NJDA to confirm participation. Completed form must be returned to NJDA. Individuals with a valid NJ DEP Pesticide Applicators Licenses will receive 1 CORE point PER CALENDAR YEAR when confirming participation in this program.
More information can be found at www.nj.gov/agriculture/divisions/anr/nrc/processingsteps.html
Salem County
Helena Chemical, 440 N. Main St., Woodstown, NJ
Friday, April 19
Friday, May 17
Friday, June 21
Friday, August 23
Friday, September 20
Friday, October 18
Atlantic County
Helena Chemical, 66 Route 206 (North of the Route 30/206 intersection) Hammonton, NJ
Friday, April 12
Friday, May 10
Friday, June 14
Thursday, July 12
Friday, August 16
Friday, September 13
Friday, October 11
Monmouth County
Rutgers Fruit and Ornamental Research Extension Center
283 Route 539, Cream Ridge, NJ 08514-9634
Friday, April 26
Friday, May 24
Friday, June 28
Friday, July 26
Friday, August 30
Friday, September 27
Friday, October 25
Items that Will Not Be Accepted and Will Be Returned to the Participant:
• Pesticide containers with dried formulation on the container, pour spout or the spout threads
• Pesticide containers with any liquid residue
• Pesticide containers where the insides are caked with dried residue
• Mini-bulk, saddle tanks and nurse tanks, which can be made of fiberglass
• Pesticide containers with lids
• Containers that held any type of petroleum oil product or antifreeze
Non-Waxy Cardboard:
Helena Chemical will also be accepting non-waxy cardboard 1 p.m. to 3 p.m and during the scheduled pesticide container collection times. The clean non-waxy cardboard must be broken down and flattened. Cardboard delivered to the Atlantic County site must be tied.
Clean Non-waxy cardboard will also be accepted year-round at the Cumberland County Solid Waste Complex’s Convenience Center.
More information can be found at: www.nj.gov/agriculture/divisions/anr/nrc/processingsteps.html
Locations for NJ Pesticide Recycling Containers – 2024
South Jersey Tree Fruit Twilight Meeting – I
When: April 9th (Tue) @ 5:45 pm
Where: Gloucester County Govt. Services Building: 1200 N. Delsea Drive, Bldg. # A, Clayton, NJ 08312
Pesticide credits requested: CORE (#1), 1A (#3), PP2 (#3), 10 (#3)
5: 45 pm Light Fare (Pizza, Donuts and Coffee)
6:00 pm Welcome and Updates.
Hemant Gohil, Extension Agent, RCE of Gloucester County, Rutgers NJAES
6:05 pm Field Observations from the IPM Program
Dave Schmitt, Fruit IPM Program Associate, Rutgers NJAES
6:35 pm RIMpro, a New Climate Monitoring Tool to Access Accurate Disease Prediction Models.
Janine Spies, Statewide Fruit IPM Extension Agent, Rutgers NJAES.
7:05 pm Water Testing Requirements Under the Food Safety Modernization Act for 2024
Wesley Kline, Extension Agent, RCE of Cumberland County.
7:35 pm: An Udate on the Rutgers Hazelnut Breeding Program and Eastern Fire Blight Resistance.
Thomas Molnar, Professor, Plant Biology, Rutgers University.
8:05 pm Peach Market Updates
Hemant Gohil, Extension Agent, RCE of Gloucester County.
8:20 pm Pesticide re-certification credits application.
Meeting Adjourn
Light fare will be provided. If you plan to attend, please call Joan Medany at jmedany@co.gloucester.nj.us or 856-224-8030. If you have any questions, please get in touch with Hemant Gohil at 856-224-8029 before the meeting.
Endangered Species Act: What will soon change for pesticide labelling and uses?
Endangered Species Act and Pesticides: How will pesticide labels change to protect endangered species?
Wednesday, March 20 at 11 a.m – Webinar
Enacted in 1973, the Endangered Species Act (ESA) requires all federal agencies to consider the impact to threatened and endangered species and their critical habitat when making decisions. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has faced numerous lawsuits for its failure to consider the Act when issuing pesticide registrations—resulting in a 2023 commitment from the Agency’s Office of Pesticide Programs that puts the ESA at the forefront of all future registrations and some registration renewals.
The NYS IPM program at Cornell will be hosting Dr. Bill Chism, Chair of the Endangered Species Act Committee for the Weed Science Society of America (WSSA), to give a webinar on March 20th (at 11 a.m.) with the following objectives:
- • Inform us about the history of Endangered Species Act (ESA),
- Discuss the requirements of all Federal agencies to comply with the ESA,
- Describe the EPA’s current workplan (including the proposed Herbicide Strategy) to meet their statutory obligations,
- Explains what this might mean for future pesticide labeling efforts.
Registration: Endangered Species Act and Pesticides: An Example | CALS (cornell.edu)
About the Speaker
Bill Chism is the chair of the Endangered Species Act Committee of the Weed Science Society of America (WSSA). He retired after more than two decades with the EPA, where he conducted assessments on the benefits of pesticides to farmers as part of the registration review process. Bill grew up working on a vegetable farm in the Salinas Valley of California. He worked in extension researching weed control research on vegetable crops before earning his PhD in Weed Science from Virginia Tech and spent 10 years working for a pesticide registrant.
North Jersey Commercial Fruit Growers Meeting Program and Registration
NORTH JERSEY COMMERCIAL
FRUIT GROWERS MEETING
March 13, 2024
8:30 am – 3:30 pm
Hunterdon County Complex
314 State Route 12, Bldg. 1
Flemington, NJ
Program
Program Chair
Megan Muehlbauer, PhD
Agriculture and Resource Management Agent
Cooperative Extension of Hunterdon County
8:30 – Registration
Coffee and pastry, compliments of industry sponsors
9:00 – Welcome and Introductions
9:10 – Managing Ambrosia Beetle in Tree Fruit Orchards
Kaitlin Quinn, North Jersey Fruit IPM Program Associate, Cooperative Extension
9:40 – Updates on Control of Bitter Rot in Apple, and Bacterial Spot on Peach
Srdjan Acimovic, PhD, Tree Fruit and Specialty Crop Pathologist, Virginia Tech
10:40 – Update on Farm Service Programs
Laura LaFevre, County Executive Director, Hunterdon / Somerset Office, Farm Service Agency
11:00 – Updates on the Use of Herbicides as they relate to EPA Compliance with the Endangered Species Act
Thierry Besançon, Specialist in Weed Science, Cooperative Extension
11:30 – Jersey Fresh and Apple Promotion Council Marketing Updates
Joe Atchison, Assistant Secretary, NJ Department of Agriculture
11:50 – What is New from Industry
12:10 – LUNCHEON (pre-registration required)
1:10 – Advanced Respiratory Protection for WPS-Labeled Pesticides
Patricia Hastings, Pesticide Safety Education Program Coordinator, Cooperative Extension
2:10 – Leveraging User-Generated Content for Farm Marketing
Claudia Gil Arroyo, ANR Agent, Cooperative Extension of Cape May County
2:40 – San Jose Scale Management Updates and Future Directions
Anne Nielsen PhD, Specialist in Fruit Entomology, Cooperative Extension
3:10 – Pesticide Recertification Credits and Adjourn
NJDEP PESTICIDE RECERTIFICATION CREDITS TO BE AWARDED
6 Units Cat-10 6 Units Cat-1A 6 Units PP2 2 Units CORE
Click here and fill out this form to register for the meeting then fax or email to:
Fax: (908) 806-4735
E-mail: kfrey@co.hunterdon.nj.us
If you have any questions please call Kim Crommelin: (908)-788-1338
North Jersey Commercial Vegetable Growers Meeting Program
NORTH JERSEY COMMERCIAL
VEGETABLE GROWERS MEETING
February 27, 2024
8:30 am – 3:30 pm
Hunterdon County Complex
314 State Route 12, Bldg. 1
Flemington, NJ
Program
Program Chair
Peter Nitzsche, Agriculture and Resource Management Agent
Cooperative Extension of Morris County
8:30 – Registration
Coffee and pastry compliments of industry sponsors
9:00 – Welcome and Introductions
9:10 – Vegetable IPM Update
Kris Holmstrom, Research Project Coordinator, Cooperative Extension
9:40 – Update on Farm Service Programs
Laura LaFevre, County Executive Director, Hunterdon / Somerset Office, Farm Service Agency
9:50 – Jersey Fresh Marketing Update
Speaker TBA, Division of Markets, NJ Dept. of Agriculture
10:00 – New Technologies for Weed Management on Vegetables
Thierry Besançon, Specialist in Weed Science, Cooperative Extension
10:30 – Updates on Diseases of Fresh Market Vegetables and their Control
Kris Holmstrom, Research Project Coordinator, Cooperative Extension
11:00 – What is New from Industry
11:10 – Laser Scarecrows: A New Tool for Pest Management in Sweet Corn
Kate Brown, Program Associate, Cooperative Extension of Burlington County
11:40 – Food Safety Modernization Act, Produce Safety Rule Agriculture Water Update
Meredith Melendez, ANR Agent, Cooperative Extension of Mercer County
12:10 – LUNCHEON (pre-registration required)
1:10 – Respiratory Protection for WPS-Labeled Pesticides
Patricia Hastings, Pesticide Safety Education Program Coordinator, Cooperative Extension
2:10 – VSA – Vacationer Supported Agriculture: A New Marketing Model
Claudia Gil Arroyo, ANR Agent, Cooperative Extension of Cape May County
2:30 – Understanding and Managing Blossom End Rot in Vegetable Crops
Michelle Infante-Casella, ANR Agent, Cooperative Extension of Gloucester County
3:00 – Pesticide Recertification Credits and Adjourn
NJDEP PESTICIDE RECERTIFICATION CREDITS ARE ANTICIPATED
Click here and fill out this form to register for the meeting then fax or email to:
Fax: (908) 806-4735
E-mail: kfrey@co.hunterdon.nj.us
If you have any question please call Kim Crommelin: (908)-788-1338
SAVE THE DATES! North Jersey
North Jersey Commercial Vegetable Grower Meeting
February 27, 2024
&
North Jersey Commercial Fruit Grower Meeting
March 13, 2024
Hunterdon County Complex
314 State Route 12, Bldg. #1
Flemington, New Jersey 08822
8:30 am – 4:00 pm
Program and registration details forthcoming
