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Published on May 27th, 2008

Nebraska Recycles Pesticide Containers

For the 17th year in a row, Nebraska is accepting and recycling plastic pesticide containers at 39 sites throughout the state.

Each year, Nebraska goes through over a million agricultural pesticide containers of various sizes. Because many of the containers are made of plastic that can be recycled, the state has set up collection sites to keep them out of landfills.

You can find out where to recycle plastic containers in your area by Earth 911’s recycling locator.

Make sure that you are also properly disposing of leftover pesticides so they stay out of our drinking water. You can also find out where to dispose of these using Earth 911’s recycling locator.

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