| Overall Rating | Bronze - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 40.39 |
| Liaison | Sarah Laurie |
| Submission Date | May 17, 2017 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
State University of New York at Fredonia
OP-21: Hazardous Waste Management
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
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1.00 / 1.00 |
Sarah
Laurie Environmental Safety and Sustainability Specialist; PR Subcommittee Chair; ACUPCC liaison Environmental Health & Safety |
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:
The University is working with campus departments to order chemicals in quantities that will be utilized in a reasonable time period, rather than stock piling excessive amounts. The University is also switching from fluorescent lighting to LEDs to reduce the quantity of universal waste.
A brief description of how the institution safely disposes of hazardous, universal, and non-regulated chemical waste:
A RCRA/DOT trained staff member does routine inspections of all chemical storage areas, and works with a licensed chemical waste company to properly package and ship all waste off-site.
A brief description of any significant hazardous material release incidents during the previous three years, including volume, impact and response/remediation:
There have been zero hazardous waste material releases.
A brief description of any inventory system employed by the institution to facilitate the reuse or redistribution of laboratory chemicals:
None
Does the institution have or participate in a program to responsibly recycle, reuse, and/or refurbish 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), including information about how electronic waste generated by the institution and/or students is recycled:
The program consist of when we receive notification and/or electronic equipment for disposal:
1. Other departments on campus are notified on exactly what is available and if they would like/need the usable equipment.
2. If no response, then all equipment is offered to all SUNY Campuses for their reuse.
3. If there are no responses from the other campuses, then the equipment is offered to all state agencies first, then all counties, cities, villages, etc, of the state for their reuse.
4. If no responses, then it is either put up for sale on E-bay by OGS and sold or given loc al disposition and the a electronic recycler is called in to dispose/reuse the equipment. The recycler we use, makes use of all equipment for resale first then dismantling for recycling. No electronic waste ends into the landfill.
If the equipment is non-useable then it goes directly to the recycler for proper dismantling and recycling of all parts
For students:
Fredonia organizes an annual electronic recycling event at which students may drop off personal electronics for recycling through a certified electronic recycler. Students receive an email about the event and multiple flyers are put up around campus.
Is the institution’s electronic waste recycler certified under the e-Stewards and/or Responsible Recycling (R2) standards?:
Electronic waste recycled or otherwise diverted from the landfill or incinerator during the most recent year for which data is available during the previous three years:
The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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