| Overall Rating | Bronze - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 41.92 |
| Liaison | Meghna Tare |
| Submission Date | Jan. 27, 2011 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
University of Texas at Arlington
OP-21: Hazardous Waste Management
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
1.00 / 1.00 |
Meghna
Tare Director Office of Sustainability |
Does the institution have strategies in place to safely dispose of all hazardous, 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, universal, and non-regulated chemical waste:
UT Arlington strives to reduce hazardous, universal, and non-regulated chemical waste through educating researchers and minimizing the amount of chemical reagent that are purchased by departments. There is also a project ongoing to design a Chemical Inventory for all the chemicals used on campus (using a software application)
A brief description of how the institution safely disposes of hazardous, universal, and non-regulated chemical waste:
UT Arlington manages the hazardous, universal, and non-regulated chemical waste through the UT System approved hazardous waste contractor, in compliance with all local, state and federal regulations.
The website URL where information about hazardous materials management is available:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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