This photo shows a Moses lake area pesticide collection site set-up before customer arrived. Site preparation at mobile sites today is still similar
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This is a scene from a small pesticide collection held in Raymond in 1998. PPE usage has improved through the years.
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Three customers' pickups are being simultaneously unloaded at this large 1994 Prosser event.
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Pesticides are identified and unloaded from a customer’s trunk at a 1991 Thurston county event.
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Pesticides are identified and unloaded from a customer’s pickup at this 1991 Moses lake event..
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This photo from the late 80’s shows WSDA’s hazardous waste contractor preparing shipping papers. Safety has been upgraded since this time.
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This photo from the early 90s shows WSDA’s hazardous waste contractor reading disposal requirements for pesticide liquids.
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Disposal codes are written on containers as they are unloaded customer vehicles. Containers are sorted by liquid/solid and hazard class to ensure only compatible materials are packed together for shipment to disposal sites.
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All collected pesticides are packed into DOT approved containers before being shipped off-site for disposal. These drums are ready for shipment from a Moses Lake area collection event.
