| Overall Rating | Bronze - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 32.36 |
| Liaison | Smith Getterman |
| Submission Date | Oct. 11, 2012 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
Baylor University
OP-21: Hazardous Waste Management
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
1.00 / 1.00 |
Jack
Reardon Director of Operations Baylor Facility Services |
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:
We have participated in the EPA's voluntary Peer Audit program. All chemicals used in all departments have been inventoried and reduced to the extent possible. Baylor maintains a full time Lab Safety/Hazardous Materials Coordinator that handles student and faculty generated wastes and works to minimize the production of these wastes. Baylor Facility Services also employs a full time Environmental Coordinator tasked with properly handling and reducing the production of all facility generated wastes.
A brief description of how the institution safely disposes of hazardous, universal, and non-regulated chemical waste:
Hazardous wastes are stored in designated accumulation areas and then disposed of with a hazardous materials vendor. Universal wastes are also collected throughout campus, stored in a central accumulation area and then recycled with a universal waste vendor. Training is administered for all handlers of both hazardous and universal wastes. As stated previously, Baylor maintains at least two full time positions tasked with the assuring the safe recycling and disposal of these waste streams.
The website URL where information about hazardous materials management is available:
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