Overall Rating | Gold - expired |
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Overall Score | 66.65 |
Liaison | John Gardner |
Submission Date | Nov. 27, 2019 |
Executive Letter | Download |
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
OP-21: Hazardous Waste Management
Status | Score | Responsible Party |
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0.75 / 1.00 |
Kate
Nelson Chief Sustainability Officer Office of Sustainability |
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:
A brief description of how the institution safely disposes of hazardous, universal, and non-regulated chemical waste:
A brief description of any significant hazardous material release incidents during the previous three years, including volume, impact and response/remediation:
A brief description of any inventory system employed by the institution to facilitate the reuse or redistribution of laboratory chemicals:
Does the institution have or participate in a program to responsibly recycle, reuse, and/or refurbish electronic waste generated by the institution?:
Does the institution have or participate in a program to responsibly recycle, reuse, and/or refurbish electronic waste generated by students?:
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:
Is the institution’s electronic waste recycler certified under the e-Stewards and/or Responsible Recycling (R2) standards?:
Electronic waste recycled or otherwise diverted from the landfill or incinerator during the most recent year for which data is available during the previous three years:
The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
Examples of Waste Minimization at UWM:
• Campus Preventative Maintenance reduces ethylene glycol usage by 80%.
• Fleet Garage and Maintenance Mechanics recycle all ethylene glycol, oil, oil filters, oil-dri, oil sorbent pads (Recycled by Future Environmental)
• Campus recycles:
o Lithium Ion, Nickel Metal-Hydride, Nickel Cadmium, and small Lead Gel Cell batteries (through “Call2Recycle”-Environmental Protection tracks the weights),
o mercury (through Veolia Environmental Services),
o fluorescent lamps (through Veolia Special Services – managed by PPS)
o ballasts (through our Metal Scrap Recycler),
o toner cartridges (through Cartridge World),
o Large Lead Acid Batteries (through our Metal Scrap Recycler)
o E-Waste (through Surplus)
o Aerosol cans (through Environmental Protection, either as surplus chemicals for redistribution, or once can is properly punctured and empty-as scrap metal)
• Chemistry teaching labs convert from mercury thermometers to red liquid thermometers.
• Environmental Protection checks for mercury instruments during lab inspections around Campus, and tries to find alternatives to replace them.
• Environmental Protection re-distills mineral spirits for the art department (and tracks the amounts redistributed)
• Custodial Services reduces chemical usage through dispensing systems.
• Biosciences replaces formaldehyde-based preservatives.
• Fine Arts Intaglio classes replace solvents with oil and citrus cleaner for brush and equipment clean-up.
• Environmental Protection receives solvent waste from labs across campus. If the constituents of the wastes are compatible, and not contaminated with toxic chemicals, we bulk the solvents in 55-gallon drums. We recycle these drums with Veolia Environmental, and the drums are used as “fuel” for incinerators or cement kilns.
Other website: http://uwm.edu/sustainability/what-we-do/reuse-recycle/hazardous-waste/
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