Develop rules and guidance on hazardous waste disposal
Rules and guidance can be set up to encourage pesticide suppliers to ensure their products are sold, stored, used and disposed of in ways that limit the generation of waste. They can also encourage suppliers to provide reverse supply chains to collect empty containers and unused or obsolete pesticides.
Relevant tools
Below is a list of tools relevant for implementing this topic :
- OECD Guidance on Pesticide Compliance and Enforcement Best Practices
- UNITAR : Integrated National Programme/SAICM Implementation Framework
- FAO : Pesticide Disposal Series No. 2 - Prevention of Accumulation Of Obsolete Pesticide Stocks
- FAO : Pesticide Disposal Series 7: Guidelines for the management of small quantities of unwanted and obsolete pesticides
- FAO : Guidelines on management options for empty containers [2008]
- FAO : Baseline study on the problem of obsolete pesticide stocks [2001]
- FAO : Pesticide Disposal Series 8: Assessing soil contamination
- World Bank : POPs Toolkit Process for Managing Contaminated Sites
- Basel convention : Technical guidelines on the environmentally sound management of wastes consisting of, containing or contaminated with the pesticides aldrin, chlordane, dieldrin, endrin, heptachlor, HCB, mirex or toxaphene or with HCB as an industrial c