| Overall Rating | Silver - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 61.88 |
| Liaison | Lindsey Kalkbrenner |
| Submission Date | Jan. 31, 2011 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
Santa Clara University
OP-21: Hazardous Waste Management
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
1.00 / 1.00 |
Sean
Collins Senior Director, Environment, Health & Safety and Sustainability University Operations |
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?:
A brief description of steps taken to reduce hazardous, universal, and non-regulated chemical waste:
The Chemistry department substitutes 'greener' reagents when possible, converted to microscale organic chemistry experiments (to reduce waste), and some wet chemical experiments are replaced with computer modeling.
Students can bring universal waste items to receptacles at the residence hall reception desks, and faculty can request a pickup from the Facilities department.
A brief description of how the institution safely disposes of hazardous, universal, and non-regulated chemical waste:
The University via the Director, Environmental Health and Safety Department schedules a hazardous materials pick-up four times each year to remove hazardous waste from the campus. Normal contributors are the School of Arts and Science (Art and Art History, Biology, Chemistry, and Physics), School of Engineering (Mechanical and Civil Engineering Departments), and University Operations Division (Facilities Department). EHS performs these tasks using a commercial contractor: All Chemical Disposal, Inc. 21 Great Oaks Blvd, San Jose, CA 95119. All Chemical Disposal is licensed to collect, transport, and process waste through other commercial contractors specializing in waste disposal processing.
The website URL where information about hazardous materials management is available:
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