The study was about environmental contamination risks associated with pesticides empty containers and obsolete pesticides handling in Gasabo District. The specific objectives were to make the analysis of the pesticide’s empty containers and obsolete pesticides management in Gasabo District; to examine environmental contamination risks affecting Gasabo District; and to evaluate relationship between pesticides empty containers and obsolete pesticides management and environmental contamination risks in Gasabo District. The study applied quantitative approach, where target population was 162 people in environmental management and protection, and Agro-dealers from Gasabo District. The stratified and simple random sampling techniques were applied to select 115 respondents as sample size. The questionnaire; interview guide; and document review were instruments of data collection, while data analysis methods were descriptive statistics method and correlation analysis methods. Findings revealed that p-value equaled 0.043 less than Alpha of 0.05. This is an indicator of existing association or relationship between pesticides empty containers and obsolete pesticides handling and Environmental contamination risks in Gasabo District, where the level of relationship equals r2 = .590** located in interval statistic of Pearson legend from [.50 - .75] categorized as positive and high correlation. Therefore, there is a significant relationship between Environmental contamination risks and Pesticides empty containers and obsolete pesticides handling in Gasabo District.

Key words: environmental; contamination risks; pesticides; empty containers; obsolete pesticides