| Overall Rating | Silver - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 58.60 |
| Liaison | Elaine Durr |
| Submission Date | Dec. 13, 2011 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
Elon University
OP-21: Hazardous Waste Management
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
1.00 / 1.00 |
Robert
Buchholz Associate VP for Facilities Management; Director Physical Plant |
Does the institution have strategies in place to safely dispose of all hazardous, special (e.g. coal ash), universal, and non-regulated chemical waste and seek to minimize the presence of these materials on campus?:
A brief description of steps taken to reduce hazardous, special (e.g. coal ash), universal, and non-regulated chemical waste:
Laboratories that utilize chemicals have waste minimization plans that include, among other items, the following to reduce waste: choice of experiments to reduce waste, choice of non-hazardous or less hazardous chemicals in procedures and labs, reduction in the purchase of hazardous materials and reduction in the use of cleaning solvents.
Other departments that generate waste, such as the Physical Plant, have also taken steps to reduce generation by using less or non-hazardous products and/or adjusting processes to generate less waste.
A brief description of how the institution safely disposes of hazardous, universal, and non-regulated chemical waste:
Hazardous waste pick-ups are coordinated through the Physical Plant and take place at least every 6 months (quarterly for bio-waste). The company that collects the waste is permitted to collect, transport, process and store the waste.
In addition, the following items are collected and recycled with appropriate companies: spent lamps, automotive batteries, used oil and household batteries.
The website URL where information about hazardous materials management is available:
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