Separate waste streams for recycling and to keep non-hazardous material from becoming contaminated. Store packages, etc. properly to prevent damage or contamination. Protect items stored outdoors from temperature extremes, rain and snow, wind, etc. Recycling and Resource Recovery Reuse spent solvent and wastewater from equipment decontamination as makeup in subsequent formulations. This allows sale of drums to scrap dealers as a nonhazardous waste.
Return drums to pesticide supplier for refilling with the same pesticide.
Ship unrinsed drums to an offsite drum reconditioner. Segregate the various process waste streams. Using specialized treatment systems can be more cost effective than utilizing a large complex treatment system for combined waste streams. Treatment Treatment of pesticide-contaminated wastewater can allow reuse of the wastewater in formulating and other associated operations, particularly when high purity water is not required.