| Overall Rating | Bronze - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 39.16 |
| Liaison | Kristina Bryan |
| Submission Date | Oct. 9, 2011 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
Saint Louis University
OP-21: Hazardous Waste Management
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
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1.00 / 1.00 |
Renee
Knoll Chemical Hygiene Officer Environmental Health and Safety |
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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
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A brief description of steps taken to reduce hazardous, universal, and non-regulated chemical waste:
Saint Louis University Office of Environmental Health and Safety has taken steps to reduce hazardous waste in research and teaching laboratories. Xylene and ethanol liquid wastes are currently being recycled and reused in our main histology laboratory. The Environmental Health and Safety website provides users of ethidium bromide various options to neutralize and/or filter ethidium bromide for drain disposal. The chemistry teaching laboratories continue to work towards micro scale use of chemicals versus the previous macro scale use. The Saint Louis University Facilities Management Department has switched all fluorescent lighting ballast to electronic ballast. We use digital electronic thermostats instead of mercury containing thermostats. We use rechargeable batteries when ever possible and have replaced old EXIT light luminaries with LED units with compact battery units as opposed to lead acid units. The Facilities Management Department has increased the use of LED, fluorescent and compact fluorescent lamps all over campus to reduce the number of lamps going to universal waste each year.
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A brief description of how the institution safely disposes of hazardous, universal, and non-regulated chemical waste:
Saint Louis University Office of Environmental Health and Safety collects and packages from research and teaching laboratories hazardous and non-hazardous chemical waste for proper disposal per EPA and Missouri DNR regulations. This chemical waste is transported to and disposed of by a privately owned licensed chemical waste treatment and disposal facility. Universal waste generated by the Saint Louis University Facilities Management Department is collected, handled, stored and shipped in accordance with EPA guidelines. Waste Management-Lamp Tracker is our preferred vendor for handling of all Universal waste generated by Facilities Management.
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The website URL where information about hazardous materials management is available:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
Saint Louis University Office of Environmental and Health Safety: http://oess.slu.edu/
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