| Overall Rating | Gold |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 69.92 |
| Liaison | Chang Tzau-Chau |
| Submission Date | March 3, 2022 |
National Taiwan Normal University
OP-20: Hazardous Waste Management
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
1.00 / 1.00 |
Chang
Tzau-Chau Professor Graduate Institute of Environmental Education |
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:
The use of hazardous chemicals is restricted. All the hazardous chemicals have to be classified and stored in accordance with the regulations of the Environmental Protection Agency's Waste Disposal Law, and entrust qualified operators to clean and transport them and a system has been designed to track the removal trajectory and the proper disposal of hazardous chemical wastes.
A brief description of how the institution safely disposes of hazardous, universal, and non-regulated chemical waste:
The disposes of hazardous, universal, and non-regulated chemical waste is regulated by the EPA's laws. From the purchase, store, use, to dispose of hazardous chemical should be reported to EPA. All the information of the use and dispose of the chemicals can be traced in a Waste Management Website.
https://www.ga.ntnu.edu.tw/eshs/
A brief description of any significant hazardous material release incidents during the previous three years, including volume, impact and response/remediation:
No significant hazardous material has been released in the previous three years.
A brief description of any inventory system employed by the institution to facilitate the reuse or redistribution of laboratory chemicals:
The Ministry of Education’s "Chemical Management and Declaration System" website shows the records of chemical purchases and use online for all universities in Taiwan, and its "Announcement Sharing" function can query the sharing status of chemicals in other laboratories and encourage universities to share to reduce chemical purchases and hazardous waste output.
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:
1. The university regularly announces and auctions the scrapped electronic products to resource recycling manufacturers.
2. The university cooperates with the Environmental Protection Bureau of the municipal government to encourage students recycle and exchange electronic products while they are graduating and moving out from the dormitory.
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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