| Overall Rating | Silver - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 53.65 |
| Liaison | Melissa Cadwell |
| Submission Date | June 15, 2018 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
Syracuse University
OP-21: Hazardous Waste Management
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
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1.00 / 1.00 |
Melissa
Cadwell Sustainability Coordinator Energy Systems & Sustainability Management |
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Part 1
Yes
A brief description of steps taken to reduce hazardous, special (e.g. coal ash), universal, and non-regulated chemical waste:
The primary objectives of EHSS are to provide environmental health and safety information to the University campus community, to provide guidance on regulations, and to administer programs which ensure regulatory compliance.
Services provided by EHSS include: responding to life safety, occupational health, and environmental inquiries, spills, and emergencies; providing environmental health and safety related training sessions; and conducting compliance inspections within the work place.
A brief description of how the institution safely disposes of hazardous, universal, and non-regulated chemical waste:
The University is required by the NYSDEC to ensure that certain criteria are met when recycling hazardous materials. The University has an understanding with the authorized recyclers in which they acknowledge that they:
Have the capacity and the necessary equipment to process the entire volume of the materials offered in any given shipment;
Have a known market or disposition for the scrap metal received from the University;
Will notify the University prior to the shipment of scrap metal to any facility owned or operated by their company of any limits on quantity per shipment or other such related restrictions; and
Any subsequent facilities will reclaim, recycle, use or reuse the material received from the University.
http://ehss.syr.edu/waste-management/
A brief description of any significant hazardous material release incidents during the previous three years, including volume, impact and response/remediation:
None to my knowledge.
A brief description of any inventory system employed by the institution to facilitate the reuse or redistribution of laboratory chemicals:
All University Labs have to fill out a Laboratory Registration and Update Form for all chemicals and submit to our ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND SAFETY SERVICES.
Part 2
Yes
Does the institution have or participate in a program to responsibly recycle, reuse, and/or refurbish electronic waste generated by students?:
Yes
If yes to either of the above, provide:
Institution has their purchasing department, in collaboration with Risk Management and the Environmental Health Office, retains the services of RCR&R, to remove and recycle obsolete and non-working computers and electronic equipment from the University in an environmentally sound manner and in compliance with all state and federal recycling and disposal laws. http://purchasing.syr.edu/excess-property/electronics-recycling/
Students can trade in your used cellphone, laptop, MP3 player, and tablet for a possible cash value. Before bringing it into the bookstore, check online for accepted items and estimated values at cusetech.tradeitin.net.
Is the institution’s electronic waste recycler certified under the e-Stewards and/or Responsible Recycling (R2) standards?:
Yes
Optional Fields
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The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:
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Additional documentation to support the submission:
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