| Overall Rating | Silver |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 58.21 |
| Liaison | Darcy Coughlan |
| Submission Date | Dec. 20, 2021 |
Coastal Carolina University
OP-20: Hazardous Waste Management
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
1.00 / 1.00 |
Darcy
Coughlan Associate Director Sustain Coastal |
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 work with multiple Departments on campus to make sure the chemicals we are using are safe and any projects being conducted that would produce large amounts of waste have to be reviewed and are either not approved or modified to reduce the waste.
A brief description of how the institution safely disposes of hazardous, universal, and non-regulated chemical waste:
For disposal we work with companies that are licensed to transport and dispose of waste and track it through a manifest form.
A brief description of any significant hazardous material release incidents during the previous three years, including volume, impact and response/remediation:
We do keep inventory of the chemicals on campus, sometimes we do reuse or redistribute, but due to the small amount of waste we generate it's not common.
A brief description of any inventory system employed by the institution to facilitate the reuse or redistribution of laboratory chemicals:
We promote waste reduction and chemical substitution to less harmful chemicals in Laboratory Safety Training (EHS #2007) and Hazardous Communication (EHS # 2006) to applicable staff.
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:
We have Sustainability Department who collects and disposes of batteries and our Procurement Warehouse collects bigger electronic items such as computers, keyboards, mouses, etc.
Sustain Coastal provides electronic recycling bins in all academic, administrative and athletic buildings on campus. All items are delivered to the central receiving warehouse on campus where items are sent to Intelligent Lifecycle Solutions who then recycle the e-waste.
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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