Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 48.76
Liaison James Speer
Submission Date Feb. 26, 2019
Executive Letter Download

STARS v2.1

Indiana State University
OP-21: Hazardous Waste Management

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.50 / 1.00 David Ellis
Director of Environmental Safety
Office of Environmental Safety
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Part 1 

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?:
Yes

A brief description of steps taken to reduce hazardous, special (e.g. coal ash), universal, and non-regulated chemical waste:
The Office of Environmental Safety is responsible identifying hazardous waste and for minimization strategies. The biggest reductions happen with laboratories by implementing micro scale exercises. Paint related waste from maintenance activities is sharply reduced by use of water soluble low VOC paint.

A brief description of how the institution safely disposes of hazardous, universal, and non-regulated chemical waste:
The Office of Environmental Safety is responsible for the identification, collection and disposal of hazardous, special, and universal waste. The one exception is that the Recycle Center does collect rechargeable batteries and sends for recycling. Audits are performed for any disposal vendors that we use.

A brief description of any significant hazardous material release incidents during the previous three years, including volume, impact and response/remediation:
None in the past three years

A brief description of any inventory system employed by the institution to facilitate the reuse or redistribution of laboratory chemicals:
The Office of Environmental Safety is responsible for identifying and collecting chemicals for disposal. If there is viable product other departments are contacted to see is they might be able to use. This happens primarily with laboratory chemicals but on occasion with cleaning products.

Part 2 

Does the institution have or participate in a program to responsibly recycle, reuse, and/or refurbish electronic waste generated by the institution?:
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:

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:
Our Recycling Center has an extensive E-Scrap program that takes electronic waste on a daily basis. Much of the campus waste electronics are first sent to Central Stores to be reused or auctioned off for use. If the electronics are not able to be reused they are sent to the Recycling Center to be recycled.

Is the institution’s electronic waste recycler certified under the e-Stewards and/or Responsible Recycling (R2) standards?:
No

Optional Fields 

Electronic waste recycled or otherwise diverted from the landfill or incinerator during the most recent year for which data is available during the previous three years:
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The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:
http://www2.indstate.edu/facilities/recycle/tv.htm

Additional documentation to support the submission:
env-safety-2014-lab-safey-chemical-hygiene-plan.pdf

Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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