Transcript University of Minnesota Hazardous Waste Program

Hazardous Waste Generator
Training
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA
Environmental
Health and Safety
Why Are We Here?
Tools For Compliance:
See the “Rules of
Thumb”
Hazardous Chemical Waste Guidebook
“Hazardous Waste” Labels & Forms
Segregation/Containment Trays
Emergency Information Posting
Training Video and Documents
Responsibility
You are responsible for proper
management of hazardous waste in
your laboratory or service area
Fines are responsibility of
Departments receiving them
Implications of
Noncompliance for Academic
Institutions
Fines in mid-1990s
 Stanford, Yale, Boston University ($350,000$1,2000,000)
 Mankato State ($65,000)
New EPA Compliance Initiatives
 New England (Brown Univ. $0.5 M)
 West Coast (Univ of Hawaii $1.7 M)
Very negative publicity
Past Deficiencies
Hazardous waste in sewer
 Hazardous waste in trash
 Improper labeling
 Improper storage of hazardous waste
 Containers not closed
 Lack of secondary containment
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 No documented training: new
employee/student & annual update
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Do NOT Store Waste in
Public Hallways!
Not the bottles
Not the boxes
Why?
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Not safe for all
involved
Fire Code bans this
No security
Custodians may be
confused and trash
Implications: Cradle to
Grave
Researcher--the Cradle
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Waste Storage
Waste Evaluation I
EHS
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Maintain files, reports, licenses for 55 locations
Waste Evaluation II
Transport waste to central storage
Repackage and store at permitted facility
Contract for, transport, track, and document final
disposal
Your Responsibility
Proper disposal of wastes
 Don’t evaporate, sewer or trash HW
 Use the U of M Chemical Waste Program
Waste Evaluation
 Based on “Generator Knowledge”
 Detailed reporting of wastes
 Good labeling to avoid “unknowns”
Your Responsibility
Waste Storage
 Labeling, proper containers, closed containers
 Emergency planning: Containment, Phone lists
 Documented initial and annual refresher training
Resources
 Guidebook
 http://www.dehs.umn.edu/guidebook/index.html
 Training video with training document
 EHS Monthly Training (3rd Thurs/Register 6-6002)
 HW Hotline 6-1604 [email protected]
Thompson Center for
Environmental
Managment
Use Pollution Prevention
Product Substitution--Biodegradable Scintillation
fluids
Process modification--Microscale Chemistry Labs
“Free Chemicals”
University Wide Initiatives
 1998 Debunk the UCOs
 1999 Mercury Reduction Initiative
 2000 Electronics Collection
Chemical
Redistribution
Mercury Reduction
Initiative
Thermometer
Exchange
Improved Amalgam
Traps
Manometers
Dismantled
New Steam Plant:
Cleaner Fuels
Recycle Electronics at
the U
Electronics Waste
University Computer Services (612) 624-4800
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will pick up your computer products free of charge
good quality units resold http://www1.umn.edu/ucs
others go for recycling
University Recycling Program (612) 625-8084
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will also arrange to collect all electronic waste
including scientific equipment free of charge
Coming Soon: Reuse Program/Virtual Warehouse at
http://www1.umn.edu/recycle/reuse.html
those not suitable for use are sent to the U’s
electronics recycling contractor
Fire in Fumehood
More typical spill
Emergency Planning for
Laboratories and Shops
Practice Safe Science
Designate an Emergency Coordinator
Post emergency information by phones
Know what to do in an emergency
Chemical Spill
Procedures
Call 9-1-1 from Campus phone: Fire,
explosion or injury
Call EHS: Beyond Your Capability to
Handle:
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Evacuate
Call (612) 626-6002 during business hours
Call 9-1-1 after hours
Response to Spills
Evacuate
Confine
Report
Secure
Advise during clean-up
Questions
Call the Chemical Waste Program
at (612) 626-1604, or
e-mail at [email protected]
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problems or need advice
unlabeled chemicals
shock sensitive chemicals
sewering chemicals
packaging requirements
DDC or CAS numbers
Hennepin County
Inspection 2001
Open Haz Waste Drum
Another Open Container
More Open HW
Containers
Even More Open
Untended Containers
Open “Hg Waste”
Container
Who needs to stay for
Bloodborne and Other
Pathogen Training?
If you work with human blood
If you work with other human body
fluids: spinal fluid, synovial fluid, vaginal
fluid, sperm
If you work with infectious agents:
viruses, bacteria, fungi, rickettsia