| Overall Rating | Silver - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 46.71 |
| Liaison | Matthew Harmin |
| Submission Date | May 14, 2014 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
Goucher College
OP-25: Hazardous Waste Management
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
0.75 / 1.00 |
Carol
Crouse Office of Communications Assistant Office of Communications |
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:
Science faculty try to reduce hazardous waste by using reagents already in chemical inventory, tweaking experiments to accommodate current inventory, ordering only the amount of hazardous materials that are necessary, using the least hazardous reagent and relying on an inventory management system to avoid over-purchasing of hazardous materials.
A brief description of how the institution safely disposes of hazardous, universal, and non-regulated chemical waste:
Goucher has a Hazardous Materials Management Program which ensures that all hazardous materials on campus are handled in such a manner as to pose no substantial hazard to human health or the environment and is in accordance with state and federal regulations. http://www.goucher.edu/Documents/Legal/Hazardous_Materials_Management_Program.pdf
A brief description of any significant hazardous material release incidents during the previous three years, including volume, impact and response/remediation:
None
A brief description of any inventory system employed by the institution to facilitate the reuse or redistribution of laboratory chemicals:
Goucher uses the ChemTracker inventory management software to facilitate the maintenance of laboratory chemical inventory and the reuse and redistribution of laboratory chemicals.
Does the institution have or participate in a program to responsibly recycle, reuse, and/or refurbish all electronic waste generated by the institution?:
Does the institution have or participate in a program to responsibly recycle, reuse, and/or refurbish electronic waste generated by students?:
A brief description of the electronic waste recycling program(s):
We repair "aged" but working electronic equipment to sell to a third party. We have a third party recycler who takes all electronics that cannot be repaired or reused.
A brief description of steps taken to ensure that e-waste is recycled responsibly, workers’ basic safety is protected, and environmental standards are met:
All e-waste goes through our IT department so that control is maintained.
The website URL where information about the institution’s hazardous and electronic-waste recycling programs is available:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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