| Overall Rating | Silver |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 60.22 |
| Liaison | Lacey Raak |
| Submission Date | Feb. 10, 2022 |
California State University, Monterey Bay
OP-20: Hazardous Waste Management
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
1.00 / 1.00 |
Lacey
Raak Sustainability Director Campus Planning and Development |
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:
As part of building demolition and laboratory management, there is a hazardous waste service that assesses what can be reused or reduced through segregation and treatment. Bulk chemical profiles for similar waste streams have been set up with the waste disposal contractor in the science areas. Some waste streams such as tires, battery cores, and smoke detectors are recycled through established programs and vendors.
However, older buildings associated with the former use of the campus do have hazardous materials such as asbestos, lead based paint and PCBs.
A brief description of how the institution safely disposes of hazardous, universal, and non-regulated chemical waste:
There are contracts in place for hazardous waste removal but demolition projects are put out to bid with strict scopes of work dictating a 90% recycling of non-hazardous waste and waste reduction requirements for hazardous waste.
Clean Harbors is our current contracted hazardous waste disposal company and waste gets removed roughly every 90 days on our campus from the Academic and Facilities areas (hazardous and universal waste).
A brief description of any significant hazardous material release incidents during the previous three years, including volume, impact and response/remediation:
No significant reportable releases in the last three years.
A brief description of any inventory system employed by the institution to facilitate the reuse or redistribution of laboratory chemicals:
We currently use the Chancellor's Office supplied system-wide tool Risk and Safety Solutions (RSS) which hosts our chemical database. This is used mostly by the COS area to inventory, barcode, and track chemical movement and lifespan.
Does the institution have or participate in a program to responsibly recycle, reuse, and/or refurbish electronic waste generated by the institution?:
Does the institution have or participate in a program to responsibly recycle, reuse, and/or refurbish electronic waste generated by students?:
A brief description of the electronic waste recycling program(s), including information about how electronic waste generated by the institution and/or students is recycled:
Stateside generated e-waste is collected and sold to Electronic Recyclers International, Inc.
GreenWaste recovery accepts x e-waste in the curbside recycling pick up. It is also collected at Move Out with reusable items.
E-waste is collected in multiple offices and our Student Center where the student small e-waste drop off is. Our waste hauler GreenWaste Recovery Inc. also accepts small e-waste in the mixed recycling bins, but larger items are not accepted in the bin. The larger items are collected separately through another arranged pick-up, but students can not request it themselves. These efforts are done during Move Out where students are encouraged to place these items on the curve one day during Move Out for collection. This type of collection has been happening since 2010. In spring 2019 the Sustainability Department held an e-waste drive which invited staff and faculty to clean out their closets and bring any unused electronic items to be collected by IT and facilities. That same semester we installed five e-cycle stations at various locations around campus. Facilities collect the materials - batteries and small e-waste - and are hauled away by a contracted e-waste processor.
Is the institution’s electronic waste recycler certified under the e-Stewards and/or Responsible Recycling (R2) standards?:
Website URL where information about the institution’s hazardous waste program is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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