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Resolution SEMA No. 57 establishing requirements and technical criteria for handling and disposal of empty packaging for pesticides.

Country/Territory
Brazil
Territorial subdivision
Paraná
Document type
Regulation
Date
2014
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Waste & hazardous substances
Keyword
Waste management Pollution control Pesticides Packaging/labelling Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings
Geographical area
Amazonia, Americas, Latin America and the Caribbean, North Atlantic, South America, South Atlantic
Entry into force notes
This Resolution enters into force on the day of its publication.
Abstract

This Resolution, consisting of 10 articles and one Annex, establishes requirements and technical criteria for handling and disposal of empty packaging for pesticides. It specifies that shops or any other entity who has marketed pesticides in the State of Paraná, should provide to consumers (farmers) adequate bags suitable for pesticide packaging disposal through the destruction by incineration or other methods, (eg. flexible packaging and seed treatment).

Full text
Portuguese
Website
www.normasbrasil.com.br