| Overall Rating | Reporter - expired |
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| Overall Score | |
| Liaison | Douglas Alexander |
| Submission Date | July 14, 2015 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
Old Dominion University
OP-25: Hazardous Waste Management
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
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Reporter |
DeAngelo
Thorpe Intern Environmental Health and Safety |
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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
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A brief description of steps taken to reduce hazardous, special (e.g. coal ash), universal, and non-regulated chemical waste:
Non-hazardous products, materials and chemicals are purchased to the maximum degree feasible in all areas of unversity operations. Unwanted hazardous chemicals are segregated in to categories to be recycled and/or bulked for use as fuel.
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A brief description of how the institution safely disposes of hazardous, universal, and non-regulated chemical waste:
Contracts with licensed waste disposal companies have been established with ODU and other Virginia state universities through which our wastes(hazardous, universal, and non-regulated) , that cannot be recovered, are disposed of economically and ecologically.
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A brief description of any significant hazardous material release incidents during the previous three years, including volume, impact and response/remediation:
N/A
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A brief description of any inventory system employed by the institution to facilitate the reuse or redistribution of laboratory chemicals:
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Does the institution have or participate in a program to responsibly recycle, reuse, and/or refurbish all electronic waste generated by the institution?:
Yes
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Does the institution have or participate in a program to responsibly recycle, reuse, and/or refurbish electronic waste generated by students?:
Yes
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A brief description of the electronic waste recycling program(s):
Recoverable Resources collects Electronic waste, e-waste, e-scrap, or Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) describes loosely discarded, surplus, obsolete, or broken electrical or electronic devices. Electronic waste may be defined as all secondary computers, entertainment device electronics, mobile phones, and other items such as television sets and refrigerators, whether sold, donated, or discarded by their original owners.
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A brief description of steps taken to ensure that e-waste is recycled responsibly, workers’ basic safety is protected, and environmental standards are met:
The Proper destruction of electronic materials requires that it be sanitized, recycled, remarketed and/or disposed of in accordance with United States Environmental Protection Agency, the US Departmental Defense, Virginia Information Technology Agency (VITA) and the Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) waste management regulations.
http://www.odu.edu/af/facilities/recycling/electronic.shtml
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The website URL where information about the institution’s hazardous and electronic-waste recycling programs is available:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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