Overall Rating Bronze - expired
Overall Score 30.28
Liaison Jon Bartlow
Submission Date Feb. 10, 2012
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Pittsburg State University
OP-21: Hazardous Waste Management

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.00 / 1.00 Brian Peery
Sustainability Coordinator
Continuing and Graduate Studies
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Does the institution have strategies in place to safely dispose of all hazardous, 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, universal, and non-regulated chemical waste:

PSU utilizes Federal, State, Local, and internal policy's and procedures to safely dispose of all hazardous, universal and non-regulated waste and continuously seeks alternative methods/materials to minimize the presence of these materials on campus. Please reference Kansas Department of Health and Environment web-based link "Hazardous Waste Generator Handbook".


A brief description of how the institution safely disposes of hazardous, universal, and non-regulated chemical waste:

PSU utilizes Kansas Department of Administration approved contractors to safely dispose of hazardous, universal and non-regulated chemical waste. Please reference Kansas Department of Health and Environment web-based link Kansas Department of Administration Contract Number: 12458AB "Master Contract".


The website URL where information about hazardous materials management is available:
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