Overall Rating Gold
Overall Score 65.76
Liaison Shahrzad Tehrani
Submission Date Jan. 14, 2022

STARS v2.2

University of Washington, Bothell
OP-20: Hazardous Waste Management

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.50 / 1.00
"---" indicates that no data was submitted for this field

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:
The University of Washington's Environment Health & Safety department handles the different types of wastes mentioned in this credit. Hazardous waste, universal waste and non-regulated chemical waste programs are in place. Policies, programs and guidance on hazardous waste are available, as well as processes to manage these materials.

A brief description of how the institution safely disposes of hazardous, universal, and non-regulated chemical waste:
N/A

A brief description of any significant hazardous material release incidents during the previous three years, including volume, impact and response/remediation:
UW has a robust chemical tracking system called MyChem. Its use is required for chemicals and chemical-containing products at all UW facilities. The Chemical Exchange program allows MyChem users to share unused chemical inventory to save money and reduce waste.
https://www.ehs.washington.edu/chemical/chemical-exchange

A brief description of any inventory system employed by the institution to facilitate the reuse or redistribution of laboratory chemicals:
UW's Chemical Exchange program allows those will chemical inventories to share unused chemicals to save money and reduce waste.

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 UW Electronic Media Recycling Program places e-media bins throughout campus for all campus community members to use which is then sent off to GreenDisk for disposal. Electronic Items are also sent to UW Surplus for repair and resale/reuse/recycling. There is no such thing as trash as far as UW is concerned!

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.ehs.washington.edu/chemical/hazardous-chemical-waste-disposal

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