| Overall Rating | Gold - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 67.40 |
| Liaison | Saiyare Refaei |
| Submission Date | March 12, 2013 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
Pacific Lutheran University
OP-21: Hazardous Waste Management
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
1.00 / 1.00 |
Jenny
Taylor Researcher Sustainability |
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:
PLU has both a Pollution Prevention Plan and a Chemical Hygiene Plan that are updated and improved yearly in order to reduce the amount of hazardous waste being produced.
A brief description of how the institution safely disposes of hazardous, universal, and non-regulated chemical waste:
At PLU, each department disposes of its own waste. Each department uses proper labeling, storage and disposal of waste through Facilities Management. From Facilities Management, hazardous waste is picked up and disposed of by corresponding companies.
The website URL where information about hazardous materials management is available:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
The specific practices of each department can be found at: https://docs.google.com/a/plu.edu/viewer?a=v&pid=gmail&attid=0.1&thid=137ec9ef08c00df9&mt=application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document&url=https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ui%3D2%26ik%3Ddce19bc986%26view%3Datt%26th%3D137ec9ef08c00df9%26attid%3D0.1%26disp%3Dsafe%26realattid%3Df_h3g9j60b0%26zw&sig=AHIEtbRo3axTtGnK3-5GEqm01KL1w-5GOg
- Information collected from Joe Bell
The specific practices of each department can be found at: https://docs.google.com/a/plu.edu/viewer?a=v&pid=gmail&attid=0.1&thid=137ec9ef08c00df9&mt=application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document&url=https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ui%3D2%26ik%3Ddce19bc986%26view%3Datt%26th%3D137ec9ef08c00df9%26attid%3D0.1%26disp%3Dsafe%26realattid%3Df_h3g9j60b0%26zw&sig=AHIEtbRo3axTtGnK3-5GEqm01KL1w-5GOg
- Information collected from Joe Bell
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