| Overall Rating | Silver |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 58.84 |
| Liaison | Paulina Szlachta |
| Submission Date | May 6, 2024 |
St. Lawrence College
OP-20: Hazardous Waste Management
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
1.00 / 1.00 |
Jadon
Hook Sustainability Officer Facilities Management Services |
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?:
A brief description of steps taken to reduce hazardous, special (e.g. coal ash), universal, and non-regulated chemical waste:
All hazardous waste from SLC's three campuses is collected in the appropriate sharps containers or bio-hazard bags/containers. This waste is then stored in a locked location with limited key-holders.
A brief description of how the institution safely disposes of hazardous, universal, and non-regulated chemical waste:
Hazardous waste is disposed of the contracted vendor ECS Cares (https://www.ecs-cares.com/) This firm is retained to safely dispose of hazardouse waste on all three SLC campuses.
A brief description of any significant hazardous material release incidents during the previous three years, including volume, impact and response/remediation:
No incidents reported.
A brief description of any inventory system employed by the institution to facilitate the reuse or redistribution of laboratory chemicals:
The institution does not currently have an inventory system for redistributing laboratory chemicals.
Does the institution have or participate in a program to responsibly recycle, reuse, and/or refurbish electronic waste generated by the institution?:
Does the institution have or participate in a program to responsibly recycle, reuse, and/or refurbish electronic waste generated by students?:
A brief description of the electronic waste recycling program(s), including information about how electronic waste generated by the institution and/or students is recycled:
SLC partners with the Electronic Recycling Association (https://www.era.ca/) to offer tri-campus e-waste recycling to staff, students and to our local communities.The recycling program in 2018 and has been growing year over year. Collection bins are housed in each IT headquarters and are open to the SLC community. The IT department also utilizes this program in all electronic replacement projects (i.e. any computers/equipment used in college operations that replaced with new models are recycled through the e-waste program). We also work with our partners at the ERA to offer these services to the local community through annual e-waste drives where surrounding areas are encouraged to drop off e-waste that is properly recycled or even refurbished.
Is the institution’s electronic waste recycler certified under the e-Stewards and/or Responsible Recycling (R2) standards?:
Website URL where information about the institution’s hazardous waste program is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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