Nghia Dan: Destroyed nearly 800 kg of packaging and bottles containing used pesticides

In the fields, farmers often throw away pesticide bottles and packaging wherever they can after using pesticides. This has causedpollutedserious for land and water sources because this is a very toxic waste, difficult to decompose or cannot decompose itself.

Many farmer members and people of Nghia Duc commune participated in collecting pesticide packaging. Photo: Minh Thai

In Nghia Hung commune, Nghia Dan district, the Commune Farmers' Association has built a model of the Xuan Phong "3 no" branch: No used pesticide packaging in the fields; no burning of straw after harvest, dumping of agricultural by-products causing environmental pollution; no dumping of untreated waste into the environment.

Participating in this model, Xuan Phong Association equipped 3 solid concrete trash bins with lids, ensuring waterproofing. These trash bins are placed in the fields so that farmers can easily throw trash in. Since participating in the model, used pesticide bottles and jars have been collected by farmers and put in trash bins to avoid pollution.

After more than 2 years of implementing the model of collecting plant protection waste, around the fields, farmers in the commune have collected and destroyed nearly 800 kg of packaging and bottles containing used plant protection chemicals and more than 600 kg of household waste. Through propaganda and launching, nearly 1,000 farmer members have actively responded to the implementation.

Every month, the Farmers' Association of Nghia Hung commune collects pesticide packaging in the fields. Photo: Minh Thai

Monthly, CXuan Phong Festivalwill come to collect and transport to ensure the process of destruction. There is no longer the scene of pesticide bottles and plastic bags flooding the market like before and farmers have begun to see the effectiveness of the model.

Ms. Le Thi Thao, Xuan Phong hamlet, Nghia Hung commune, shared: “Since implementing the model, used pesticide bottles and packaging have been collected by farmers and put into treatment pits to avoid pollution and ensure environmental hygiene. Currently, there have been clear changes in the fields, pesticide bottles and packaging are no longer thrown everywhere like before, through which farmers have begun to see the effectiveness of the model, not only protecting the fields but also protecting their own health, creating a ripple effect.”

In Nghia Duc commune, the construction of pesticide packaging tanks has contributed to raising awareness and changing environmental protection behavior of farmers, making it easier for farmers to dispose of pesticide packaging after use, reducing the collection effort of the Association and making it easier to handle after collection. In particular, the commune's large-scale field area in Huu Lam hamlet is the place where most of the tanks are installed. The collection tanks are designed in a cylindrical shape, 80 cm wide and 80 cm high, cast in thick concrete, with a base, and placed right at the beginning of the internal roads, the most convenient place for farmers.

These collection tanks, after being installed in the fields throughout the commune, were handed over to the village heads in charge. After a period of time, they will be collected and buried at the local waste treatment area.

After a period of time, the garbage will be collected and taken to a centralized landfill. Photo: Minh Thai

Mr. Nguyen Van Ton - Chairman of Farmers' AssociationNghia Duc communeadded: “The model has received positive responses from the people, and people's awareness has been significantly raised. 100% of farming households support the movement, there is no more waste in the fields, and people's awareness of community building has been raised. In addition, the Commune Farmers' Association has also promoted propaganda and mobilized farmers not to throw garbage and dead animals into canals and encouraged people to consciously collect and treat all kinds of pesticide packaging in the fields. Thanks to that, the environmental sanitation situation in the fields of the commune has been significantly improved, and the rural landscape is becoming cleaner and more beautiful.”

Up to now, the whole district has built over 150 tanks to collect and treat waste from used pesticide packaging in the fields. Thereby, contributing to the development and expansion of the environmental protection movement among cadres, members and farmers in the whole district. At the same time, the Farmers' Association of communes and towns has directed to step up propaganda work, simultaneously launching campaigns to raise people's awareness and behavior in collecting, transporting and treating used pesticide packaging.

Mr. Phan The Phuong - Chairman of the Farmers' Association of Nghia Dan district added: "Promoting the results achieved in recent years, the work of collecting and collecting used pesticide packaging is one of the solutions to ensure environmental sanitation in rural areas that needs to be maintained and expanded. With the participation of farmers, it can be seen that the awareness of cadres, members and farmers has clearly increased, people have changed their behavior to live in an environmentally friendly manner, limiting the situation of littering and littering of pesticide packaging, ensuring a clean and beautiful environment. Thereby affirming the role and responsibility of the Farmers' Association in joining hands to protect the environment and build civilized urban areas in the locality."

Nghia Dan farmers actively participate in environmental protection. Photo: Minh Thai

The practical and effective actions as above have great significance, have strong influence, create far-reaching effects, help build green villages, clean alleys, beautiful roads and contribute to ensuring environmental criteria in the work of building new rural areas./.