For
economical reason, used pesticide packaging was
mostly sold to reuse/recycling business by Thai
farmers. Some of them, which was priceless, was
burnt in an open area [2]. From environmental point
of view, selling of the used pesticide packaging has
made more benefit from waste, and reduced
consuming of world’s natural resources. However, on
the environmental and human health aspects, this is a
way of vast dispersing of pesticide to non-target area,
and unexpected adverse impacts may occur eventually.
Moreover, open burning of non-value pesticide
packaging waste has been reported on toxic
substances released into the environment such as