| Overall Rating | Silver - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 55.20 |
| Liaison | Kate Witte |
| Submission Date | Feb. 24, 2015 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
Keene State College
OP-25: Hazardous Waste Management
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
1.00 / 1.00 |
Sylvie
Rice Environmental, Health and Safety Coordinator 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:
Combined efforts of the EHS Manager, Recycling Coordinator, Electricians, Science and Fine Arts faculty to identify such wastes, seek out and obtain alternatives and purchase smaller amounts of chemicals over a period of several years. In addition, the vendors were chosen with input from all of the USNH campuses and included a review of their Sustainability related practices.
A brief description of how the institution safely disposes of hazardous, universal, and non-regulated chemical waste:
Used hazardous wastes are stored in an approved building on campus and are collected three times/year by Clean Harbors, Inc.
Universal Wastes are stored in a separate approved building on campus and are collected periodically by Veolia Environmental Services.
A brief description of any significant hazardous material release incidents during the previous three years, including volume, impact and response/remediation:
There have been no significant hazardous material releases during the previous three years.
A brief description of any inventory system employed by the institution to facilitate the reuse or redistribution of laboratory chemicals:
We have CEMS, a web based Chemical Emergency Management System that we use to manage our chemical inventories and is a source of safety information for KSC.
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):
The Information Technology Group maintains an e-waste recycling program for all surplus workstations and printers resulting from upgrade cycles. http://www.keene.edu/it/helpdesk/wkstnupgrades/wrkstnupgrades.cfm
Broken or still usable laptops and hard drive materials are palletized for pick up by LifeSpan Technology Recycling, as are broken mice, keyboards and monitors.
Good monitors, keyboards and mice that have been replaced might also get sold through our surplus program.
All other electronics produced on campus by students, staff and faculty is collected by the recycling program and picked-up by a local electronic waste recycling company. The recycling program hosts an additional e-waste collection event every spring open to the entire Keene State community.
A brief description of steps taken to ensure that e-waste is recycled responsibly, workers’ basic safety is protected, and environmental standards are met:
KSC contracts with a recycling firm, LifeSpan Technology Recycling, based in Newton, MA, with facilities in multiple locations in the United States. They are R2/RIOS Certified Electronics Recycler and are ISO 14001 - Environmental Management Standard - compliant. All of those certifications include standards for responsible recycling, worker EHS and environmental standards.
We also work with a local remanufacturer and recycler of electronic equipment. We have toured their facility and continue to push them towards an R2 rating. This company collects "anything with a cord" and "anything that goes in something with a cord."
We resell some of our monitors, mice and keyboards through our surplus program.
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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