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Disposal of Unwanted Materials From WFUHS Facilities

env_fin2From complex chemicals to fluorescent light bulbs to old computer equipment, the management of the waste generated at WFUHS requires careful forethought.

Waste Collection Schedule
Waste Disposal Procedures

Notice: Disposal of hazardous waste using sinks, intentional evaporation, or as regular trash is against the law. Campus laboratories must abide by strict state and federal waste disposal requirements. You may be held liable for violations of applicable laws.

Materials

Disposal Instructions

not permitted 

Point of Contact

in Trash Containers

eh&s

wfuhs

other

label

Or Dumpsters

716-1224 or

Engineering

 

Requirements

 

716-1241

716-4351

 

 

Acids

 

 

 

 

Acrylamide Gel (with

 

 

 

Hazardous

Ethidium  Bromide)

X

 

 

Waste

Acrylamide Monomer

 

 

 

Aerosols

 

 

 

 

Antifreeze

 

 

 

 

Appliances

 

X

 

None

Batteries

X

 

 

Universal

 

 

 

 

Waste

Biohazard:  Sharps, Tubes

 

 

 

Regulated

with Liquids,

X

 

 

Medical

Hard Plastic & Glass Pipettes

 

 

Waste

Carcinogen

 

 

 

 

Chemotherapeutic Agent -

 

 

 

HAZARDOUS

     EPA Regulated:

 

 

 

WASTE or

Chlorambucil

 

 

 

Hazardous

Cyclophosphamide

X

 

 

Waste EPA

  Daunomycin

 

 

Regulated

Melphalan

 

 

 

Cytotoxic

Mitomycin-C

 

 

 

Drugs

Streptozocin

 

 

 

Contains

Uracil Mustard

 

 

 

***

Chemotherapeutic Agent –

X

 

 

Regulated

   not EPA Regulated

 

 

 

Medical Waste

Cleaning Rags w/Solvents

 

 

 

 

Corrosive Acid

 

 

 

 

Corrosive Alkali

 

 

 

 

DNA Synthetic Waste

X

 

 

Hazardous

(DNA Core lab

 

 

 

Waste

         (low halogen))

 

 

 

 

Ethidium Bromide Gels

 

 

 

 

Ethidium Bromide Tea Bag

 

 

 

 

E-Waste (Computers

 

Computer Surplus

NONE

   printers, monitors, etc.)

 

 

 

Explosive Flammable -

 

 

 

 

   Liquid and solid

X

 

 

Hazardous

Fluorescent Light Tubes

 

 

 

Waste

   (Broken)

 

 

 

 

Fluorescent Light Tubes

 

X

 

Universal

   (intact)

 

 

 

Waste

Halogenated Solvents

 

 

 

 

HPLC Waste

 

 

 

 

Hydrofluoric Acid

 

 

 

 

Lab Chemical Containers

 

 

 

Hazardous

      (residue)

X

 

 

Waste

Lab Chemicals

 

 

 

 

Mercury

 

 

 

 

Mixed Oils & Water

 

 

 

 

Mutagen

 

 

 

 

Non‑Halogenated Solvents (Flammable)

 

 

 

 

Oil Filters

X

 

 

Used Oil

Used Oil

 

 

 

 

Other Lab Chemical

 

 

 

 

    Containers (empty)

 

 

 

 

Oxidizer

 

 

 

 

P-listed hazardous waste

 

 

 

 

   including the empty

 

 

 

 

             container

 

 

 

 

Paint & Paint-Related

X

 

 

Hazardous

    Material

 

 

 

Waste

Pathology Aqueous Waste

 

 

 

 

Peptide Synthesis Waste

 

 

 

 

(DNA Core lab

 

 

 

 

       (chlorinated))

 

 

 

 

Poison

 

 

 

 

Poison-Empty Container

 

 

 

 

Silver Salt

 

 

 

 

Spent Acid Solution

 

 

 

 

Spent Carbon

 

 

 

 

Spent Carbon Filters

 

 

 

 

Waste Acids

 

 

 

 

Waste Bases

 

 

 

 

Waste Ethanol

 

 

 

 

Waste Formaldehyde

X

 

 

Hazardous

       Or formalin

 

 

 

Waste

Waste Isopropanol

 

 

 

 

Waste Methanol

 

 

 

 

Waste Phenol/Chloroform/

 

 

 

 

       Isoamyl

 

 

 

 

Alcohol