HAZARDOUS WASTE

Waste Minimization Program:  Pollution Prevention Form/Survey

Use this form (print-out) as a first step toward developing waste minimization strategies. See Waste Stream Identification and Minimization Options for additional steps toward strategy development and the EHS homepage for additional information.

Department

 

Names of participants (or group)

 

Titles of participants (if appropriate)

 

Area Location (building and room(s))

 

Area Type (classroom, laboratory, shop, etc.)

 

Telephone number and Name of contact

 

e-mail

 

 

Questions

N/A

Yes

No

Are you comfortable with computers, specifically the web and the Unix system?

 

 

 

Chemical Inventory

 

 

 

Do you know how to access the ChemTrack Database and how to search for information?

 

 

 

Have you participated in sharing or exchanging chemicals using ChemTrack?

 

 

 

Have you worked with your Authorized Materials Receiver (AMR)?

 

 

 

Do the faculty, staff and/or students in this area require chemical tracking (inventory) training?

 

 

 

Do you know which chemicals are in stock in this area?

 

 

 

Inventory Reduction

 

 

 

Is there an overstock of chemicals or chemical products in the area?

 

 

 

Have you initiated a chemical clean-out within the past two years?

 

 

 

Chemical Waste Management

 

 

 

Do you know where to obtain Material Safety Data Sheets?

 

 

 

Do you where to obtain the Chemical Waste tags and ties?

 

 

 

Do you know how to properly label and attach the tags?

 

 

 

Do you know how to fill our a Chemical Waste Pick-up Request form?

 

 

 

Do you know and practice proper storage of chemical waste?

 

 

 

Do you monitor waste collection to ensure proper waste segregation methods are followed?

 

 

 

Has the area been audited by a member of Environmental Management Services (EMS) within the past two years?

 

 

 

Do you understand the results of that audit?

 

 

 

Do you know the types of waste you generate and the associated hazards?

 

 

 

Waste Minimization

 

 

 

Does this area have written laboratory procedures?

 

 

 

Do these procedures include integrated treatment methods?

 

 

 

Are you willing to look for and substitute less hazardous materials?

 

 

 

Do you require more information on microscale laboratory techniques?

 

 

 

Do personnel utilize recycling techniques?

 

 

 

Do the students, etc. use elementary neutralization of corrosive liquids?

 

 

 

Do you have or use mercury in this area?

 

 

 

Do you purchase lecture bottles?

 

 

 

Do you generate waste oil?

 

 

 

 

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