| Overall Rating | Silver |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 60.54 |
| Liaison | Jane Stewart |
| Submission Date | March 1, 2024 |
Washington and Lee University
OP-20: Hazardous Waste Management
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
1.00 / 1.00 |
Micahel
Jennings Director of Environmental Health and Safety University Facilities |
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Part 1. Hazardous waste minimization and disposal
Yes
A brief description of steps taken to reduce hazardous, special (e.g. coal ash), universal, and non-regulated chemical waste:
Steps have been taken to reduce on site inventory of materials and to adjust quantities purchased to limit the total amount of materials on campus. Professors have moved to smaller scale student lab set ups and reduced the amount of student exposure to chemicals.
A brief description of how the institution safely disposes of hazardous, universal, and non-regulated chemical waste:
All of our hazardous waste is disposed of by a licensed disposal contractor.
The chemistry department does a small amount of recycling by using student generated compounds as "secondary components" in multi component unknowns. When other lab departments have unused chemicals that they no longer want, they reuse them within the department.
Our largest environmentally responsible effort was transitioning from macro scale to micro scale experiments. We generate significantly less waste since we did that.
The chemistry department does a small amount of recycling by using student generated compounds as "secondary components" in multi component unknowns. When other lab departments have unused chemicals that they no longer want, they reuse them within the department.
Our largest environmentally responsible effort was transitioning from macro scale to micro scale experiments. We generate significantly less waste since we did that.
A brief description of any significant hazardous material release incidents during the previous three years, including volume, impact and response/remediation:
none
A brief description of any inventory system employed by the institution to facilitate the reuse or redistribution of laboratory chemicals:
This is not managed as a formal inventory system at this time.
Part 2. Electronic waste diversion
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:
In addition to regular collection of E-Waste associated with services and inventories managed by Information Technology services, W&L provides E-Waste collection to students and employees through campus drop-off locations. One of these locations is at the circulation desk of the main University library. Set up like a book-drop and located near the ITS Help Desk, it is extremely convenient for campus users. When on-campus E-Waste storage is full, we schedule a pick-up from our third party disposal provider, Powerhouse Recycling.
Is the institution’s electronic waste recycler certified under the e-Stewards and/or Responsible Recycling (R2) standards?:
Yes
Optional Fields
Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
Michael Jennings provided hazardous waste information (with general descriptions that are unchanged carried over from previous report) and Jane Stewart provided E-Waste information. The attachment is a sample of the E-Waste signage that hangs at drop-off points on campus.
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