Overall Rating Bronze
Overall Score 34.89
Liaison Claire Jackson
Submission Date March 4, 2022

STARS v2.2

University of Alabama in Huntsville
OP-20: Hazardous Waste Management

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.00 / 1.00 Kristy Olive
Director of the Office of Environmental Health and Safety
Facilities and Operations
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Part 1. Hazardous waste minimization and disposal

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?:
Yes

A brief description of steps taken to reduce hazardous, special (e.g. coal ash), universal, and non-regulated chemical waste:
Please see the UAH Hazardous waste policies here: https://www.uah.edu/oehs/hazardous-regulated-waste-pick-up-request and here: https://www.uah.edu/oehs?id=7696

A brief description of how the institution safely disposes of hazardous, universal, and non-regulated chemical waste:
OEHS collects and stores waste in a 180 day accumulation area and a Universal Waste Storage Shed. A licensed Waste Disposal company selected by competitive bid picks up the waste at least every 180 days. Office of Environmental Health and Safety maintains disposal records.

A brief description of any significant hazardous material release incidents during the previous three years, including volume, impact and response/remediation:
No reportable quantities have been released. There have been a few small chemical releases below threshhold quantities that were cleaned up by UAH personnel.

A brief description of any inventory system employed by the institution to facilitate the reuse or redistribution of laboratory chemicals:
Chematix is utilized to request chemical waste pickups. When chemicals are unexpired and in good condition, OEHS offers these for redistribution to other researchers on the UAH campus.

Part 2. Electronic waste diversion

Does the institution have or participate in a program to responsibly recycle, reuse, and/or refurbish electronic waste generated by the institution?:
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:

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:
All of UAH e-waste is collected by the central receiving department on campus. All electronic waste that is still usable is wiped and resold on govdeals.com.
For unusable e-waste, UAH has a contract with Georgia Computer Incorporated (GCI) that recycles the remaining waste.

Is the institution’s electronic waste recycler certified under the e-Stewards and/or Responsible Recycling (R2) standards?:
Yes

Optional Fields 

Website URL where information about the institution’s hazardous waste program is available:
https://www.uah.edu/oehs/hazardous-regulated-waste-pick-up-request

Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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