Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 70.23
Liaison Daimon Eklund
Submission Date Oct. 17, 2012
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STARS v1.2

University of Washington, Seattle
OP-21: Hazardous Waste Management

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.00 / 1.00 John Wallace
CHMM
Environmental Health & Safety
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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

A brief description of steps taken to reduce hazardous, special (e.g. coal ash), universal, and non-regulated chemical waste:

The University of Washington has the Environment Health & Safety department, which handles the different
types of wastes mentioned in this credit.
http://www.ehs.washington.edu/epowaste/index.shtm


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

The UW Environment Health & Safety department's mission is to educate the staff at the UW to handle hazardous waste, as mentioned in the mission statement below.
"To support the University of Washington’s teaching, research, and service missions, the Environmental Health and Safety Department assists organizational units in meeting their responsibility to protect the environment and to provide a safe and healthful place of employment and learning."
http://www.ehs.washington.edu/pso/mission.shtm


The website URL where information about hazardous materials management is available:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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