Overall Rating Bronze - expired
Overall Score 36.37
Liaison Melanie Knowles
Submission Date March 5, 2021

STARS v2.2

Kent State University
OP-20: Hazardous Waste Management

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.00 / 1.00 Melanie Knowles
Sustainability Manager
Facilities Planning and Operations
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Part 1. Hazardous waste minimization and disposal

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 University makes efforts to purchase only what is necessary to avoid waste.

A brief description of how the institution safely disposes of hazardous, universal, and non-regulated chemical waste:
All waste is collected by individual departments. The University contracts with certified chemical and universal waste disposal companies to pick up and dispose of waste according to Federal, State and local regulations.

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

A brief description of any inventory system employed by the institution to facilitate the reuse or redistribution of laboratory chemicals:
Chimera – Laboratory Chemical Inventory System that also supports redistribution of chemicals for those that utilize the system.

Part 2. Electronic waste diversion

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:
All University-owned e-waste is documented for procurement and collected on campus. It is picked up by RET3, a local R2 certified, non-profit e-waste refurbisher and recycler. Since 2013 Kent State has held an annual public e-waste drive which is open to students, faculty, staff and the community.

Is the institution’s electronic waste recycler certified under the e-Stewards and/or Responsible Recycling (R2) standards?:
Yes

Optional Fields 

Website URL where information about the institution’s hazardous waste program is available:
https://www.kent.edu/compliance/chemical-waste-disposal

Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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