Proper Disposal of Hazardous Lawn and Garden Supplies

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Proper Disposal of Hazardous Lawn and Garden
Supplies

• Kelsey Derner, Kristen Elicerio, Dylan Lau,
  Josiah Ziegler
• Group 8

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Preview

• Inform you about 3 types of Pesticides
• Herbicides
• Insecticides
• Fungicides
• Fertilizers
• Harmful effects to environment and living
  creatures
• Alternatives to harmful lawn products
• Proper disposal of products
• How Winona handles harmful lawn products

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Classification of Lawn Care

• Herbicides (Kills and prevents weeds)
• Insecticides (kills and prevents insects)
• Fungicides (kills and prevents fungi)
• Fertilizers (promotes growth of plants through
  nourishment)

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Herbicides
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Herbicides

• Act by disrupting and acting against specific
  essential functions in plants, causing
  disorganized and disrupted growth eventually
  killing the plant through starvation

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Herbicides
Post Emergence
Pre Emergence
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Herbicides - harmful

• Environmental
• Pollution to water
• Contact with other plants
• Health
• Residue on vegetables
• Long term exposure
• Round-Up Controversy
• Does it break down quickly?
• Time limit until safe?

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Insecticides
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Insecticides

• Chemicals designed to kill or control insects -
  they interfere with the nervous systems of the
  insects
• Organic compounds synthesized by chemists
• Organophosphates
• Carbamates

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Insecticides - harmful

• Over exposure
• Headaches
• Muscle twitching
• Difficulty breathing and/or swallowing
• Sweating
• Muscle Control
• Death
• Effects humans in the same manner, but less
  severe

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Fungicides
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Fungicide

• Spray or dust plants to prevent fungi from
  penetrating the outer layer of plants
• Put into young seeds and soil
• Applied to wood to prevent dry rotting
• Both organic and non-organic
• Mancozeb
• Maneb

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Fungicide - harmful

• DANGER
• Teaspoon
• WARNING
• Teaspoon to an ounce
• CAUTION
• Greater than one ounce
• Most pesticides carry the caution label and are
  less toxic than caffeine or aspirin

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Fertilizers
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Fertilizers

• Plant food additives
• Fortify soil to supply lost nutrients which
  healthy plants need
• Ingredients
• Nitrogen
• Phosphorus
• Potassium

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Fertilizers - harmful

• Runs off lawn into water stream
• Issues with Mississippi River
• Pollute Environment
• Contaminate drinking water
• Harmful to animals
• Harmful to humans
• Mississippi River Eutrophic

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Mississippi River
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Alternatives

• Herbicides
• Manually pull weeds
• Insecticides
• Use bugs that will eat harmful creatures
• May become over abundant
• Fungicides
• Use products with low levels of toxicity and
  homemade products
• Fertilizers
• Homemade compost piles and food scraps
• Poses problems for organic farmers

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Proper and Safe Disposal

• Household Hazardous Waste are unused or unwanted
  products that can pose an environmental threat
  when disposed of improperly
• Buy only what you need!
• Disposal
• Use entire product
• Seal container tightly
• Dont dispose with rest of trash
• Recycling
• Container may be used again if recycled by
  professional plant
• Only use for same product

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Winona

• Winona Household Hazardous Waste Facility
• 225 West 2nd Street [phone].
• Allows residents to dispose of their household
  hazardous waste at no charge

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Winona

• Dursban is a harmful product that is now off the
  market
• Homeowners who currently still have products
  containing Dursban
• Businesses should arrange to send the products
  back to their supplier
• It is important that people do not pour this
  chemical down the drain or put in the trash

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Summary

• The purpose and environmental threat of
  Herbicides, Insecticides, Fungicides and
  Fertilizers
• Alternative methods used
• How to properly dispose of these products
• How Winona handles the disposal of these products

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References

• http//www.betterpestcontrol.com/html
• http//www.epa.gov/epaoswer/non-hw/muncpl/hhw.htm
• http//ipmworld.umn.edu/chapters/wareherb.htm
• http//www.idahoforests.org/hazard01.htm
• http//www.lawnfertilizers.com/info/ingredients.ht
  ml

• Vittum, P. Online Article June 1,1998, How
  Insecticides Work. http//bg.grounds-mag.com/ar/gr
  ounds_maintenance_insecticides_work/
• http//www.chem-tox.com/pregnancy/pregpest.htm
• http//www.cehn.org/cehn/resourceguide/nycap.html
• http//www.co.winona.mn.us/winona/asp_environServi
  ces/UserDefinedPage.asp?linkpage3