| Overall Rating | Silver - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 48.88 |
| Liaison | Amy McElhinney |
| Submission Date | Oct. 2, 2014 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
University of Mount Union
OP-25: Hazardous Waste Management
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
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1.00 / 1.00 |
Blaine
Lewis Director of Physical Plant Physical Physical |
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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
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A brief description of steps taken to reduce hazardous, special (e.g. coal ash), universal, and non-regulated chemical waste:
The University of Mount Union makes every attempt to reduce hazardous, universal, and non-regulated chemical wast through a joint effort by the Physical Plant and the Natural Sciences Department. Purchases of only needed chemicals for specific laboratory testing are limited and tracked by the institution's chemcial hygiene office. Hazardous chemicals are closely monitored by the Maintenance Supervisor in the Phyiscal Plant.
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A brief description of how the institution safely disposes of hazardous, universal, and non-regulated chemical waste:
The chemical hygiene officer and physical plant coordinates a once a year disposal of all harardous and chemical wast materials. An outside contractor licensed to handle this type of waste is hired to pick up and properly dispose of all materials.
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A brief description of any significant hazardous material release incidents during the previous three years, including volume, impact and response/remediation:
We currently have not had any hazardous material incidents in the past three years.
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A brief description of any inventory system employed by the institution to facilitate the reuse or redistribution of laboratory chemicals:
We use an on-line chemical inventory of Bracy Hall on our "S" drive that is shared by faculty in Chemistry. We know where chemicals in the building are located, and in what quantities.
The Biology Lab Manager is also an editor on this site, and can share a link to all Biology Faculty.
In addition, there are also printed copies of the inventory in the Bracy mail room and with each department head. Faculty may check inventory before making an unnecessary purchase if colleagues have items that may be shared.
We do not make a link available to the whole campus, for security reasons. We contract with a waste disposal company at the end of each school year. They recycle any usable chemicals that we have marked for disposal. We, however, do not recycle within the community, nor do we accept chemicals from other institutions. They become expensive to dispose of as waste, if not useful in our facility.
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Does the institution have or participate in a program to responsibly recycle, reuse, and/or refurbish all electronic waste generated by the institution?:
Yes
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Does the institution have or participate in a program to responsibly recycle, reuse, and/or refurbish electronic waste generated by students?:
Yes
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A brief description of the electronic waste recycling program(s):
The University of Mount Union makes every attempt to reduce hazardous, universal, and non-regulated chemical wast through a joint effort by the Physical Plant and the Natural Sciences Department. Purchases of only needed chemicals for specific laboratory testing are limited and tracked by the institution's chemcial hygiene office. Hazardous chemicals are closely monitored by the Maintenance Supervisor in the Phyiscal Plant.
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A brief description of steps taken to ensure that e-waste is recycled responsibly, workers’ basic safety is protected, and environmental standards are met:
The University of Mount Union makes every attempt to reduce hazardous, universal, and non-regulated chemical wast through a joint effort by the Physical Plant and the Natural Sciences Department. Purchases of only needed chemicals for specific laboratory testing are limited and tracked by the institution's chemcial hygiene office. Hazardous chemicals are closely monitored by the Maintenance Supervisor in the Phyiscal Plant.
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The website URL where information about the institution’s hazardous and electronic-waste recycling programs is available:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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