| Overall Rating | Gold - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 67.54 |
| Liaison | Elizabeth MacKenzie |
| Submission Date | Aug. 8, 2013 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
University of Iowa
OP-21: Hazardous Waste Management
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
1.00 / 1.00 |
Liz
Christiansen Director Office of 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:
The University of Iowa Environmental Health and Safety Office (EHS) advises departments that typically generate hazardous waste, universal waste batteries, universal waste mercury-containing equipment, and non-hazardous chemical waste of strategies for reducing the amount of such wastes.
(Note: EHS provides some information on these strategies via training programs, waste management manuals and newsletters, but departments implement their own strategies.)
A brief description of how the institution safely disposes of hazardous, universal, and non-regulated chemical waste:
Each waste item collected by EHS is assigned a serial number, tagged, and tracked using a database. This allows EHS to follow the transportation of waste through the entire storage, management, and disposal process. Hazardous waste is stored in barrels, cabinets, or shelves in a storage facility located on the UI Research Campus. Subsequently, a contractor is hired to pack and ship waste to a RCRA-permitted commercial disposal site for treatment and disposal. All records required by the University’s RCRA permit are maintained at the UI facilities.
The website URL where information about hazardous materials management is available:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
The University of Iowa, through its Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) and its operational units, collects hazardous waste, universal waste batteries, universal waste mercury containing equipment, and non-hazardous chemical waste from the point of generation and transports, stores, and ensures proper disposal of these wastes as required by federal, state and local regulations. Special waste, including coal ash from the Power Plant and lime sludge, sediment tank and water treatment by-products from University Water Plant, are handled through an Iowa Department of Natural Resources permitted beneficial-use designation. Most water treatment by-products are used in local agricultural applications. Florescent tubes/ lamps covered by Universal Waste are collected by General Stores and departmental operational units.
The University of Iowa, through its Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) and its operational units, collects hazardous waste, universal waste batteries, universal waste mercury containing equipment, and non-hazardous chemical waste from the point of generation and transports, stores, and ensures proper disposal of these wastes as required by federal, state and local regulations. Special waste, including coal ash from the Power Plant and lime sludge, sediment tank and water treatment by-products from University Water Plant, are handled through an Iowa Department of Natural Resources permitted beneficial-use designation. Most water treatment by-products are used in local agricultural applications. Florescent tubes/ lamps covered by Universal Waste are collected by General Stores and departmental operational units.
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