Storage, Transport and Disposal of Pesticides and Containers
This domain tests storage, transport, and disposal. The exam focuses on secure stores, secondary containment, segregation, spill response, and legal container disposal.
Core rules
- Store pesticides in a locked, ventilated, cool, dry, signposted area, away from food, feed, seed, and children. Keep products in original labelled containers.
- Use secondary containment for liquids, and segregate incompatible products. Keep a current inventory and a spill kit.
- Transport in a cargo area or truck bed, secured and upright, not in the passenger cab. Carry the label/SDS and a spill kit.
- Dispose of containers by triple rinsing or pressure rinsing where allowed, adding rinse water to the spray tank, then puncturing and delivering to an approved collection. Never burn, bury, or reuse pesticide containers.
Worked example
A worker has 2 L of leftover concentrate and an empty container. The correct action is not to pour either down the drain. Keep the leftover in its labelled container in the locked store for the next legal use, or give it to an approved hazardous-waste collection. Triple-rinse the empty container, add the rinse to a labelled spray tank, and puncture the container for approved disposal. The reasoning is that dilution in a drain does not remove toxicity.
Traps
Storing pesticides in drink bottles; transporting in the cab; burning containers; and pouring rinse water on the ground.