Why make a task harder than necessary? Cameron Mills knew that if he made it quick and easy to triple-rinse empty herbicide jugs, it would be more inviting to complete the task and not put it off.

He constructed a simple device, attached to a sink, that makes rinsing jugs easy. He simply took two short pieces of metal pipe and ran the first piece horizontal to the water line. Then he attached a second pipe at a 90-degree angle, pointing straight up. Finally, he took a regular spray nozzle and fitted it to the top of the pipe, pointing upward.

When he wants to rinse a plastic herbicide jug, he simply places it over the nozzle and turns on the water. The action of water spraying out the nozzle rinses the jug. As a result, empty, dirty herbicide jugs don’t accumulate inside the building.

The fertilizer and chemical storage building on Mills’ farm was constructed so that it’s a dike as well as a storage building. Should anything spill, it drains toward a sump located in the center of the floor. There is no drain. Liquid containing fertilizer can’t escape. Herbicides are stored within their own secondary containment area.