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Monterey County highlights regional safe pesticide disposal event at closed Crazy Horse landfill
Summary
Monterey County officials held a two-day regional pesticide disposal event at the closed Crazy Horse Landfill in North Salinas, expected to serve about 100 participants and collect roughly 50,000 pounds of legacy, banned or unwanted pesticides for off-site disposal.
Assistant Agricultural Commissioner Richard Ordonez said Monterey County and three neighboring counties held a two-day safe pesticide disposal event to remove outdated, banned and legacy pesticides from local circulation.
The event, organized by the Monterey County Agricultural Commissioner’s office with Santa Cruz, San Benito and Santa Clara counties, was held at the closed Crazy Horse Landfill on Crazy Horse Canyon Road in North Salinas and had no cost or enforcement consequences for participants, Ordonez said. “This event is designed for farmers, pest control businesses, and other agricultural operations in the Central Coast region to safely remove old,…
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