Few farmers (13.6%) stated that they apply the rinsates to the treated field. A great proportion of the farmers said that they normally dump the empty containers by the field (30.2%) or they throw them near or into irrigation canals and streams(33.3%) (χ2=73.9,pb0.001) (Table 5). Throwing containers in common waste places (11.1%) or burning containers in open fire (17.9%) was also reported. Few farmers stated that they collect the empty containers and bury them (3.1%) or they collect the empty containers for selling (2.5%) or they keep the empty containers for other uses (1.9%). Just over a third of the farmers stated that they continue to use old pesticide for spraying (35.8%), whereas a smaller proportion said that they burn old pesticides in their original containers (23.5%)(χ2=69.3,pb0.001) (Table 6). Some farmers claimed that they buy only the amount of pesticides they need (17.3%) and some others reported that they dump old pesticides in common waste places (16%).