Waste pesticides

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Hazardous waste pesticides that are either recalled or collected in waste pesticide collection programs. 

Waste pesticides and container residues disposed of by farmers on their own land. 

Universal waste pesticide Pesticide means any substance or mixture of substances intended for preventing, destroying, repelling, or mitigating any pest, or intended for use as a plant regulator, defoliant, or desiccant. 

Land disposal. Land disposal Is the most widely used, least expensive, most often available disposal system at the present time. The term land disposal Includes sanitary landfills, surface Impoundments, evaporation ponds and land farming. Land disposal In a sanitary landfill, specially permitted to accept such wastes, can be expected to be the method of choice for the majority of the label statements proposed. Empty containers, waste pesticides and other wastes are commonly disposed of In a sanitary landfill or burled at the site of use. 

A farmer, however, disposing of waste pesticides which are hazardous wastes, from his own use, is not required to comply with the RCRA notification or management standards provided he triple rinses each emptied pesticide container and disposes of the pesticide residues on his own farm in a manner consistent with the disposal instructions on the pesticide label. This exemption from the RCRA management controls does not apply, however, to commercial pesticide applicators. 

The three main goals of the disposal of dilute solutions of waste pesticides are containment, detoxification and volume reduction. 

In this study a series of surface water and deep soil samples were analyzed to detect ai migration or runoff of waste pesticides from typical Chemical Control Centers. Entomological evaluation of soil biota and monitoring of dermal exposure to pesticides of mlxer-appllcators took place throughout the 1980 season. No adverse effects as a result of the Chemical Control Centers were detected. 

Working Group on Pesticides. "Summary of Interim Guidelines for Disposal of Surplus or Waste Pesticides and Pesticide Containers," Report WGP-DS-1, 1970. 

The objective of the research reported here was to determine whether the 66-lamp unit would detoxify waste pesticide solutions generated on a farm with high daily pesticide usage. 

Chemicals processed. Waste pesticide solutions were collected after spray operations during late May, June, and July of 1983, and consisted primarily of three compounds 2,4-D [(2,4-dichloro-phenoxy)acetic acid], atrazine (2-chloro-4-(ethylamino)-6-(isopropylamino)- -triazine) and paraquat (1,1 -dimethyl-4,4 -bipyridinium dichloride). Our efforts were primarily directed at these pesticides, which are shown in Table I together with their formulations and concentrations. 

It has been estimated that over 400,000 m of dilute waste pesticide solution are generated In the United States annually ( 1 ). While the bulk of these waste solutions are used legally as spray diluent, some are disposed of by chemical or biological treatment, Incineration, or In soil pits and evaporation ponds (1-3). 

Oberacker, D.A. Incineration options for disposal of waste pesticides. In Pesticide Waste Disposal Technology Bridges, J.S., Dempsey, C.R., Eds. Noyes Data Corporation Park Ridge, NJ, 1988. Eckenfelder, W.W., Jr. Industrial Water Pollution Control, 2nd ed. McGraw-Hill New York, 1989. McNally, R. Tougher rules challenge future for injection wells. Petrol. Eng. Int. 1987, July, 28-30. Zimpro, Inc. Report on Wet Air Oxidation for Pesticide Chemical Manufacturing Wastes, prepared for G. M. Jett, USEPA Rothchild Wisconsin, 1980. 

Cairns has spent virtually his entire life studying and writing about the way in which ecosystems respond to stresses, especially those caused by human activities. He has focused his work on the way in which industrial wastes, pesticides, and other pollutants have damaged rivers, streams, lakes, and other aquatic systems and on the ways in which those systems can be restored to natural, nonpolluted, healthy conditions. 

Armour, M.A. et al., On-site treatment of spills and small quantities of waste pesticides, Proceedings of the 3rd Asian Conference on Academic Activity for Waste Treatment, Bangkok, Thailand, 1996, p. 53. 

The labeling of some paper, cardboard, and plastic containers may list "burning, if allowed by State and local authorities" as a disposal option for pesticide containers. However, open burning of pesticide containers and waste pesticides is a questionable practice and may be in violation of Federal regulations that could take precedence over the instructions on the pesticide labeling. Because of possible air pollution hazard and the risks of liability, your best option is to use another disposal method for these containers. 

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Contamination of coastal enviromnents by chemical contaminants such as hydrocarbons (oil spills, wastes), pesticides (crop treatment), heavy metals, and various organic pollutants in dredged sediments and wastewaters is a major enviromnen-tal concern. Biological effect monitoring is an important element in management... 

The most common pollutants of surface waters and groundwater on land are bacteria and other organic matter, hydrocarbons, industrial waste, pesticides and other agrochemicals, and household products. Efforts to limit water pollution centre on the treatment of urban and industrial wastewaters, and unchannelled inflows, such as those of agricultural origin, are more difficult to control. Mention must also be made of marine pollution, oil spills in particular. 

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Ground can become polluted through the depositing and disposal of toxic wastes, pesticides, industrial and domestic refuse, asbestos waste, etc. 

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