Pesticide Storage, Transport, Mixing, and Disposal
Storage
The storage area should be locked, dry, well ventilated, and away from food, feed, seed, and livestock. Keep pesticides in the original labeled container with the label legible; never store in beverage bottles or unlabeled containers. Use secondary containment for liquids, keep absorbent material and a spill kit on hand, post warning signs, and keep a current inventory posted outside the door for emergency responders. Store volatile products separately from other chemicals, and keep PPE at the site but not inside the storage room.
Transport
Secure containers so they cannot tip or slide, keep them out of the passenger compartment, carry the label and SDS, and know DOT requirements for placarding when quantities are large. Never transport pesticides with food or animal feed, and never leave a load unattended in heat.
Mixing and loading
Wear the label-specified PPE. Prevent back-siphoning into the water supply by keeping the hose above the water level or using an air gap or check valve. Add products in a sensible order - typically adjuvants and dry formulations first, then liquid flowables, then emulsifiable concentrates, and always per label or compatibility guidance. Rinse measuring utensils over the spray tank, not the ground.
Disposal
Triple rinse or pressure rinse empty containers, pour rinsate into the spray tank, and puncture or crush containers per label before delivering them to an approved recycling or disposal site. Never burn containers, and never dump rinsate on the ground, in a ditch, or down a drain. Excess spray mix should be applied to a labeled site at a labeled rate. Follow the label's container disposal statement exactly.
Trap
Questions often suggest rinsing containers into a floor drain or dumping leftovers in a fencerow. Both are violations. Rule of thumb: everything that touches pesticide goes into the tank or into an approved disposal stream - nothing goes on the ground.