Guidelines on Management Options for Empty Pesticide Containers

Guidelines on Management Options for Empty Pesticide Containers

Year of publication 2008

Pages 46 p.

Publisher FAO/WHO ;

Product type Booklet

Synopsis (short abstract) These guidelines provide advice on the management of one-way pesticide containers following the deployment of their contents. Unless empty pesticide containers are managed correctly, they are hazardous to both mankind and the environment. There is a danger that empty containers could be reused for storing food and water, which could result in pesticide poisonings. Containers abandoned in the environment can lead to pesticide pollution in soil and groundwater. A container management scheme can mi nimize these risks and is part of the “life-cycle concept” as addressed in the International Code of Conduct on the Distribution and Use of Pesticides

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