| Overall Rating | Bronze - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 39.01 |
| Liaison | YOLANDA MENDOZA CAVAZOS |
| Submission Date | June 19, 2015 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas
OP-25: Hazardous Waste Management
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
0.50 / 1.00 |
Yolanda
Mendoza MSc. 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:
A brief description of how the institution safely disposes of hazardous, universal, and non-regulated chemical waste:
A brief description of any significant hazardous material release incidents during the previous three years, including volume, impact and response/remediation:
There has not been any incident during the previous three years at our University.
A brief description of any inventory system employed by the institution to facilitate the reuse or 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):
"E-Waste Donation"
The direction of university property has a program whereby schools report electronic equipment no longer used which can be reused for other purposes before being sent to the warehouse.
On the other hand any low-income school is eligible to apply for a donation of furniture or electronic equipment. This program has helped 38 regional institutions in the last 3 years.
"Reciclaton" is a program developed by School of Economics students with the collaboration of the faculty. In this program the students collect electronic waste, during one year every thursday of each month, resulting a 14 tons of electronic waste were collected and delivered to the regional commission of water to their correct disposal.
"ECO-RECICLA" is a program in which the university recollects used batteries. The containers are available for students, staff and faculty all over the campus. The main objective is to avoid the pollution of water.
The School of Law and Social Sciences at Tampico City Campus has a permanent campaign since 2010 in charged of collect used batteries with the coordination of the Core Basic Training Faculty in order to generate knowledge of the proper disposal of this material.
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 the electronic waste programs are developed with the collaboration of the "Comision Municipal de Agua Potable" or Potable water city commission who is in charge of the appropriate disposal.
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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