Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 52.28
Liaison Jamie Jacquart
Submission Date March 5, 2021

STARS v2.2

University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
OP-20: Hazardous Waste Management

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.50 / 1.00 Amy Pacheco
Director
Environmental Health & Safety
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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:
Hazardous-Use of Triumvirate Environmental to perform weekly pick up and audits of chemicals or other hazardous/non-hazardous materials. This includes the safe and compliant transportation for disposal of said items. This includes DOT manifests.

Universal-Use of Veolia Environmental to perform pick ups as needed for lightbulbs, Mercury and white products.

The Office of Environmental Health and Safety provides annual training to students and faculty working in laboratories.

A brief description of how the institution safely disposes of hazardous, universal, and non-regulated chemical waste:
Per description above, third party vendors provide both transportation and disposal services for all listed items.

A brief description of any significant hazardous material release incidents during the previous three years, including volume, impact and response/remediation:
December 2019: Wooden cabinets full of chemicals fell off the wall in a lab (contents of spill did not have an environment impact). Building was evacuated, HVAC systems were shut down and the fire department was dispatched to the scene. Triumverate Environmental was dispatched along with the State Haz Mat Team as well.

A brief description of any inventory system employed by the institution to facilitate the reuse or redistribution of laboratory chemicals:
None exist currently

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:
The University collects electronic waste from campus facilities on a regular basis and deposits them in a storage trailer managed by (INSERT NAME HERE). Items are collected from students at the end of the semester and placed in the same trailer.

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

Website URL where information about the institution’s hazardous waste program is available:
https://www.umassd.edu/environmentalhealthsafety/hazardous-waste/

Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
Amy Pacheco, Director of Environmental Health and Safety
Jamie Jacquart, Assistant Director of Campus Sustainability

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