Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 47.43
Liaison Connie Norton
Submission Date May 3, 2011
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STARS v1.0

Simon Fraser University
OP-21: Hazardous Waste Management

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.00 / 1.00 Lawrence Reason
Operations Supervisor Buildings & Grounds
Facilities Services
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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:

An adhoc committee has been developed to review purchase, use and disposal of chemicals.

Some projects have been initiated by specific labs to introduce virtual research and reduction of chemicals in their processes.


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

Hazardous waste is collected using the online request form from Sciences Stores. Hazardous waste is stored as per governing regulations in the Facilities Services hazardous waste storage site.

Hazardous waste is collected and disposed of by a local hazardous removal company as per all local, provincial, and federal regulations.


The website URL where information about hazardous materials management is available:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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