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06/12/2025
VDACS Announcements
Announcements from VDACS
Renewals Update 
The Virginia Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services (VDACS), Office of Pesticide Services (OPS), has begun to run renewals for applicators whose certificates are due to expire on June 30, 2025. There is currently no fee for the renewal of applicator certificates so there are not any application forms or fees to submit to the agency. Applicators' certificates will automatically renew so long as the applicator has earned sufficient recertification credit in at least one category associated with their certificate and are not associated with an expired business license.
If a commercial applicator holds multiple categories but has not earned recertification credit for each, then only those for which credit was earned and entered prior to the renewal will be listed on their renewed certificate. They should request an updated certificate after credits are earned in any additional categories that are not reflected on their renewed certificate. If a business license is expired, then it will need to be reinstated prior to the associated applicators' certificates being renewed.
Applicators can monitor the status of their certificate and recertification credits by checking the list posted on the VDACS website. Note that applicators whose certificates are not renewed by June 30, 2025 will not be listed after that date. They would also not be listed if associated with an expired business license or if the insurance has expired for a business.
Virginia Certified Commercial/Registered Technician Applicators
https://online.vdacs.virginia.gov/Common/Report/CertifiedCommercialApplicatorsReport
As a reminder, applicators who do not take the required recertification course or retest in lieu of taking a recertification course by August 29 of the year in which they expire, must submit an application and fee and be reexamined. Although there is a 60-day window of time to meet the requirements to renew, pesticide applications cannot be made using an expired certificate until it is reinstated.
***As a final note, we were not able to send out renewal reminder letters in advance of running the renewed certificates as planned. We plan to send those out in the next week. As noted above, there is no renewal application, so these do not need to be returned to us. These will be sent to ALL applicators who are due to expire, even if they have met the renewal requirements, since they will contain a token that the applicators can use to access their records via our online portal. Each applicator record has a profile page associated with it that would also show their expiration date, categories held and recertification dates.
If you have questions, please email VDACS at opsclrt.vdacs@vdacs.virginia.gov.
2025 Pesticide Disposal Program
Virginia's Pesticide Collection Program assists agricultural producers, licensed pesticide dealers, pest control firms, golf courses and homeowners with the proper disposal of unwanted pesticides. The program is an effort by the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (VDACS), with participation from Virginia Cooperative Extension and the Division of Consolidated Laboratory Service. To administer the Pesticide Collection Program, Virginia is divided into five regions. Each year, a pesticide collection program is conducted in a different region. Once all five regions have been served, the program will start another cycle. The 2025 Pesticide collection Program will serve the counties of Accomack, Charles City, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, Goochland, Greensville, Hanover, Henrico, Isle of Wight, James City, New Kent, Northampton, Prince George, Powhatan, Southampton, Surry, Sussex, York and the cities of Chesapeake, Hampton, Newport News, Norfolk, Petersburg, Portsmouth, Suffolk, and Virginia Beach.
Information including the collection dates and locations as well as the registration form are available at Pesticide Collection (virginia.gov) or from the following links:
Collection Dates and Locations
Registration forms are requested in advance to assist with planning.
The Pesticide Collection Program requires participants to transport their unwanted agricultural and commercial pesticides to a central collection site where the hazardous waste disposal contractor will package the pesticides for eventual disposal. If a participant cannot safely transport unwanted pesticides, the program may make arrangements to containerize the pesticides for transport.
Questions: Marlene Larios, Pesticide Program Coordinator, at marlene.larios@vdacs.virginia.gov or 804-371-6561.
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