Improving Pesticide and Pesticide Container Disposal

There are considerable expenses, environmental dangers, and legal liabilities associated with the disposal of pesticides and pesticide containers. The simplest way to eliminate the need to dispose of unused pesticides is to carefully plan pesticide application programs so as to avoid buying more pesticide than will actually be used for an application or a season.

If disposal of excess pesticides is required, however, there are four options:

Pesticide Container Disposal OptionsUnwashed and improperly stored pesticide containers can lead to ground water contamination by allowing chemical residues to leak onto the ground.

Safey - Economics - Environment Some basic guidelines can help avoid these types of problems.


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