| Overall Rating | Silver - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 53.05 |
| Liaison | Dedee DeLongpre Johnston |
| Submission Date | Jan. 28, 2011 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
Wake Forest University
OP-21: Hazardous Waste Management
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
1.00 / 1.00 |
Michelle
Adkins Director, Environmental Health & Safety Facilities & Campus Services |
Does the institution have strategies in place to safely dispose of all hazardous, 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, universal, and non-regulated chemical waste:
A key component of the university's waste management plan is waste minimization. WFU (Wake Forest University) has a progressive Waste Minimization Plan and was awarded in June 2010, by the County Commissioners and the Environmental Affairs Board of Forsyth County, a special environmental award for proactive hazardous waste reduction programs including best management practices, improved chemical inventory control, inter-department redistribution of unused chemicals, neutralization of concentrated acids and caustics and waste consolidation. Universal waste is collected and managed in a variety of ways to prevent breakage, contamination, and generation of additional hazardous waste. All Universal Waste is sent to permitted recycling facilities.
A brief description of how the institution safely disposes of hazardous, universal, and non-regulated chemical waste:
Wake Forest University has a hazardous waste management program whereby all generated waste streams are inventoried, collected, and stored in a Hazardous Waste Accumulation Area on campus. All waste is properly marked and labeled in approved containers, and segregation of incompatibles is achieved by employment of two distinct hazardous storage buildings. Annual training is provided to all department personnel that generate hazardous waste.
The website URL where information about hazardous materials management is available:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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