Identification of Banned Pesticide Residues in Municipal Solid Waste Landfills Leachate from Vojvodina Region

Abstract

Pesticides are widely used in agriculture and forestry, and in other plant production such as in greenhouses and gardens. As a consequence of the above mentioned, they occur frequently in -domestic and organic waste. The handling and unselective application of pesticides may create an important waste fraction going to landfills, with the potential for transferring its residues into the environment, thus causing contamination.