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Pesticides Waste Management

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The CLEANCO safety system to appropriate ways to dispose of pesticide waste in pest management, including those pesticides identified as hazardous waste.

Proper pesticide waste disposal is an important part of responsible CLEANCO  technicians for pesticide use. Improper disposal can lead to contamination of soil and ground and surface water, causing serious liability problems for the pesticide user, as well as a poor public image. Several world organizations, including the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), regulate the disposal of pesticide waste. All Toxido technician who handles pesticides must know and trained how to dispose of pesticides properly.

Pesticide waste is any substance or material containing pesticide that cannot or will not be used and will be discarded and disposed of.  By definition, pesticide wastes are “hazardous wastes” in CLEANCO.  Pesticide wastes include:

-Surplus spray solution, ultra-low volume (ULV) spray concentrate, dusts, granules, or baits remaining in or removed from the application equipment (such as tanks, hoppers, booms, hoses) after use.

-Pesticide-contaminated water produced by cleaning the interior surfaces of the pesticide application equipment or from rinsing empty pesticide containers.

-Pesticide-contaminated absorbent, water, or other materials generated from cleaning up spilled spray solutions.

-Empty, contaminated (unrinsed) pesticide containers.

Note: Spills of all pesticides, including pesticide wastes, should be reported to the CLEANCO Emergency Management Division (01277119596) and must be cleaned up according Toxido revised regulation.

Pesticides waste management procedures

1-Identify hazardous wastes

CLEANCO have two ways to identify hazardous wastes.First CLEANCO have good understanding the Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) for all pesticides especially in section VI (Storage and special handling information). Second way from product labels

2-Manage hazardous wastes

CLEANCO waste management system depended on how much waste your facility generates per month. The rules depend on how much is generated, how much is stored, and how long it is stored.

3-Waste handling procedure

The CLEANCO waste handling procedure for regularly wastes that happen in project.

A-Excess pesticides

  • The best way to dispose of small amounts of excess pesticides is to apply them for the specified pest according to the directions on the label.
    • If you have no further use for them, ask another places in Facility whether they have a similar pest control problem and can use them.
    • The donated pesticide must be in its original, fully-labeled container.
    • Toxido will make sure that the person who receives it can read and follow the label directions.

Fill your spray tank with only the amount required to do the job. Don’t generate excess mixture

B-Empty Containers

CLEANCO Steps for Triple-rinsing Empty Containers:

  1. While still wearing protective equipment, pour any excess pesticide into the sprayer.
  2. Fill pesticide container ¼ full of clean water, replace cap and shake container for 30 seconds. Pour rinse water into sprayer.
  3. Repeat two additional times, shaking container in different directions.
  4. Carefully rinse the outside of the container and the cap over the sprayer (or bucket to catch rinse water).
  5. Dispose of the cap as regular household waste, and dispose of or recycle containers according to local regulations.

CLEANCO Instructions for waste management in store

K Avoid leftover diluted pesticides by mixing only the amount needed for the current job or day.

KFollow all label instructions for the disposal of pesticides and their containers. NEVER reuse a container unless it is a designated refillable pesticide container.

K The best way to dispose of small amounts of excess pesticide is to apply it according to label directions. If this is not possible, excess pesticides may be able to be returned to the pesticide manufacturer. Unusable pesticides which meet criteria of the SDDA’s Waste Pesticide program may be disposed of at no charge. All products must be pre-registered with the department.

KTriple rinse or pressure rinse empty pesticide containers then dispose of them using any one of the following methods described in South Dakota Administrative Rule 12:56:02.

  • Landfill – Properly rinsed containers can be disposed of at permitted landfills.
  • Bury – Small quantities of properly rinsed containers can be buried in open fields by the pesticide user if the amounts do not exceed more than one day’s accumulation or 50 pounds.

KWhen disposing of pesticides or their containers, make sure that the method does not cause or allow the contamination of water, the environment, or human or animal food.

KNever reuse a pesticide container. Even after proper rinsing, containers still contain

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