| Overall Rating | Gold - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 67.08 |
| Liaison | Carrie Metzgar |
| Submission Date | May 18, 2011 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
University of California, San Diego
OP-21: Hazardous Waste Management
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
1.00 / 1.00 |
Julie
Hampel Manager Environmental Affairs Environment Health & Safety |
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:
UC San Diego’s Environmental Health & Safety provides training and information about ways to reduce and recycle hazardous, universal, and non-regulated chemical waste.
A brief description of how the institution safely disposes of hazardous, universal, and non-regulated chemical waste:
All UC campuses use only TSDFs that have been audited by UC or CHWMEG.
UC San Diego Environmental Health & Safety provides information about the safe handling, storage, and disposal of various types of hazardous waste on their website. On the website, one can find more information on Waste Generator Numbers (WGN), Waste tags/ Online Tag Program (OTP), Waste collection, Asbestos, Biohazardous waste, Chemical waste, Controlled substances, Radioactive waste, Sharps Universal and e-waste, What can go down the drain, Household hazardous waste, Recycling Training.
The website URL where information about hazardous materials management is available:
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