| Overall Rating | Bronze - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 37.14 |
| Liaison | Matt Wolsfeld |
| Submission Date | Jan. 18, 2013 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
University of Saskatchewan
OP-21: Hazardous Waste Management
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
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1.00 / 1.00 |
Brian
Bjorndal Director Workplace Safety and Environmental Protection |
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?:
A brief description of steps taken to reduce hazardous, special (e.g. coal ash), universal, and non-regulated chemical waste:
University Health and Safety provides training courses for employees and students on occupational health and safety, Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS), laboratory safety, bio-safety, radiation safety and hazardous waste management. In all courses, the topic of elimination, substitution and reduction of the use of hazardous materials (regulated and non-regulated) is introduced, discussed and encouraged.
The mercury thermometer exchange program is intended to educate staff and students, and to encourage people to replace mercury thermometers with thermometers containing less hazardous chemicals.
The University of Saskatchewan also has developed a Hazardous Waste Manual to facilitate the effective and appropriate management and disposal of hazardous waste generated on campus.
A brief description of how the institution safely disposes of hazardous, universal, and non-regulated chemical waste:
All hazardous chemical waste is collected for processing at the University of Saskatchewan’s Waste Management Facility, where it is eventually shipped with a licensed waste service provider for final destruction and disposal. No chemical waste is released, or treated and released, to the sanitary sewer system. Following is a brief description of hazardous waste management at the University of Saskatchewan.
• Liquid waste is classified into an appropriate waste stream (toxic organic, flammable, halogenated, pesticide, acid, alkali, etc.) and then transferred into 205 L closed-top drums.
• Containers of solid chemical waste and liquid chemical waste (not suitable for classification into the liquid waste streams) are compatibly lab packed into 205 L open-top metal drums (organic, inorganic, concentrated acids, reactive, etc.).
• Light ballasts containing PCB are packed into 205 L open-top metal drums.
• Non-regulated trace contaminated waste (pipette tips, gloves, gels, etc.) are collected in 205 L open-top metal drums.
• Containers of solid chemical waste, which are not regulated through Transport Canada or WHIMIS, are packed into 205 L open-top metal drums.
• Alkaline batteries are collected in 205 L open-top metal drums.
• Fluorescent light bulbs are crushed and collected in 205 L open-top metal drums.
• Lead acid and rechargeable batteries are collected for recycling.
• Containers with chemically contaminated sharps are packaged into 60 L plastic containers.
The website URL where information about hazardous materials management is available:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
The information presented here is self-reported. While AASHE staff review portions of all STARS reports and institutions are welcome to seek additional forms of review, the data in STARS reports are not verified by AASHE. If you believe any of this information is erroneous or inconsistent with credit criteria, please review the process for inquiring about the information reported by an institution or simply email your inquiry to stars@aashe.org.