| Overall Rating | Gold - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 66.60 |
| Liaison | Mary Lucus |
| Submission Date | Feb. 26, 2019 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
Belmont University
OP-21: Hazardous Waste Management
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
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1.00 / 1.00 |
Mary
Lucus Director, IR Provost |
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Part 1
Yes
A brief description of steps taken to reduce hazardous, special (e.g. coal ash), universal, and non-regulated chemical waste:
All hazardous waste are collected and managed by the generating department. Universal waste is collected in satellite locations of buildings and transferred to Facilities Management for recycling by Southeast Recycling or Batteries Plus.
A brief description of how the institution safely disposes of hazardous, universal, and non-regulated chemical waste:
Generating departments are responsible for collection and disposal of hazardous materials declared as waste. Universal waste light bulbs and batteries are collected and managed by Facilities Management.
A brief description of any significant hazardous material release incidents during the previous three years, including volume, impact and response/remediation:
No releases through 2018.
A brief description of any inventory system employed by the institution to facilitate the reuse or redistribution of laboratory chemicals:
Lab Manager works with instructors to identify chemicals used along with future course requirements. They then only purchase chemicals needed. Any excess chemicals are then moved to accommodate future courses.
Part 2
Yes
Does the institution have or participate in a program to responsibly recycle, reuse, and/or refurbish electronic waste generated by students?:
Yes
If yes to either of the above, provide:
Each year Belmont University conducts an annual rotation/refresh of approximately 200 – 250 computers. As new computers are connected and brought online, the use out of warranty computers are collected, catalogued and housed in the User Service office area. The used computers are then reconditioned for use in the following ways:
1. Reconditioned computers are deployed as student worker computers per departmental requests.
2. Reconditioned computers are deployed for kiosk type usage per departmental requests.
3. Reconditioned computers are donated to Bridges to Belmont students per Belmont University’s agreement with the incoming high school graduate scholars.
4. Reconditioned computers are donated to non-profit charity organization for the betterment of the greater Nashville and surrounding areas per written requests. Note: Belmont University has also donated reconditioned computers to fledgling primary schools in Sierra Leon, Africa.
5. Reconditioned computers are kept and maintained as backup computers for incidents of hardware failure among current faculty and staff machines.
Is the institution’s electronic waste recycler certified under the e-Stewards and/or Responsible Recycling (R2) standards?:
Yes
Optional Fields
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The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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