SAFE AND PROPER STORAGE OF PESTICIDES AND FERTILIZERS AND DISPOSAL OF USED PESTICIDE CONTAINERS Storage Every pesticide label is required by federal law to contain information on how to properly store the product. Each person responsible for pesticides is expected to read, understand, and comply with the storage requirements which almost always require the [...]
PROTECTING WATER, WILDLIFE & POLLINATORSUse Less Pesticides, Water and Fertilizer!As a guiding principle, facilities managers should always be aware that simply reducing the amount of pesticides, fertilizers, and water used also reduces the likelihood that contaminants will be moved offsite into surface water. This Program contains general principles as well as policies and procedures crafted [...]
USING FERTILIZERS One of the more challenging aspects of facilities management is the prevention of surface water runoff contamination from fertilizers. These very common landscape supplements are not regulated in the same way as are pesticides and are generally not part of established Best Management Practices (BMP) routines. What follows will be a brief [...]
Pesticide Safety TrainingAny County or contractor employee who applies pesticides shall receive documented training before applying pesticides and then annually thereafter[1]. The training must cover the minimum topics outlined in Appendix B for each pesticide or chemically similar group of pesticides to be used. This section is not required if the employee is currently certified [...]
SAFE AND EFFECTIVE USE OF PESTICIDES AND FERTILIZERS Section 8 contains a discussion of options that should always be considered before a pesticide is applied. If, after careful consideration and use of the pre-application checklist[2], it is determined that a pesticide application is necessary to achieve a tolerable damage threshold, the guidelines provided in [...]
