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Tagged: Waste Minimization

  • Hazardous Chemical Alternatives

    Anonymous | June 1, 2016

    The table below lists some possible alternatives to chemicals routinely used in the laboratory. The alternatives represent less toxic or non-hazardous materials that will help in reducing hazardous waste generation.

    ORIGINAL MATERIAL

    SUBSTITUTE

  • Chemical Redistribution Program

    Anonymous | May 31, 2016

    Many materials that laboratories submit as chemical waste are actually surplus chemicals that are reusable. As part of Environmental Health and Safety’s (EHS) commitment to waste minimization, the Chemical Redistribution Program accepts both opened and unopened containers of unwanted chemicals from laboratories and service areas throughout campus. This Program has successfully redistributed over one million dollars in usable chemicals that otherwise would have cost more than four times that amount for disposal.