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Hazardous Waste Management at Bowling Green State University

HAZARDOUS WASTE. Hazardous Waste Management at Bowling Green State University. Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) - 1976. “Cradle to grave” management of hazardous wastes. Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments (HSWA) - 1984. Established three categories of generators

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Hazardous Waste Management at Bowling Green State University

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  1. HAZARDOUS WASTE Hazardous Waste Management at Bowling Green State University

  2. Resource Conservationand Recovery Act (RCRA) - 1976 “Cradle to grave” management of hazardous wastes

  3. Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments (HSWA) - 1984 Established three categories of generators • Large Quantity Generators (LQGs) (generate over 1000 Kg of hazardous waste per month) • Small Quantity Generators (SQGs) (generate between 100 & 1000 Kg and <1 Kg of acutely toxic waste per month) • Conditionally Exempt Small Quantity Generators (CESQGs) (generate less than 100 Kg and <1 Kg of acutely toxic waste per month)

  4. Six Steps of HazardousWaste Management • Identification • Collection • Storage • Packaging • Transportation • Disposal

  5. HAZARDOUS WASTE Hazardous Waste Defined

  6. Hazardous Waste Categories • Listed Wastes (U, P, K, and F) • from commercial chemical products • from specific and non-specific sources • Characteristic Wastes (D) • based on waste qualities • heavy metals and certain pesticides

  7. Listed Wastes (U, P) –Commercial Chemicals “U” listed wastes(“toxic”) • Acetone • Formaldehyde • Phenol “P” listed wastes (“acutely toxic”) • Osmium Tetroxide • Sodium Azide • Sodium Cyanide

  8. Listed Wastes (K, F) – Specificand Nonspecific Sources “K” listed wastes (“specific sources”) • Distillation bottoms from the production of acetaldehyde from ethylene • Wastewater treatment sludges generated in the production of creosote “F” listed wastes (“non-specific sources”) • Spent halogenated solvents (e.g. carbon tetrachloride) • Spent non-halogenated solvents (e.g. toluene, MEK)

  9. Characteristic Wastes – “D” Wastes Ignitable • flash point  140oF Corrosive • pH  2 or  12.5 Reactive • unstable • air/water reactive Toxic • heavy metals • certain pesticides

  10. Identification • Who are the generators? • What are they generating? • How much are they generating?

  11. Academic Labs

  12. Research Labs

  13. Custodial Closets

  14. Other Custodial Storage Areas

  15. Building Maintenance Areas

  16. Paint Shops

  17. Unknowns Unnecessary Expensive to identify

  18. Collection

  19. Use of funnel for additions to waste container

  20. Lid of waste container securedfollowing additions Properly labeled

  21. Storage(Lab)

  22. Proper waste storage

  23. Proper waste storage

  24. Separate, safe areas with instructions

  25. Hazardous Waste Management Poster • English • Russian • Chinese

  26. Storage area of last resort

  27. Overcrowding?

  28. Unacceptable storage

  29. Unacceptable storage

  30. Improper storage?

  31. Storage(Departmental)

  32. Transfer to safe storage areas

  33. Safe transport unit for glass bottles

  34. Transportation(On-site)

  35. Hazardous waste transport vehicle

  36. Waste storage unit

  37. Partition areas within storage unit

  38. Separation of incompatible chemicals

  39. Hazardous WasteStorage Facility(HWF)

  40. Storage on wooden shelving within individual storage rooms

  41. Packaging

  42. DOT approved containers

  43. Comingling wastes in fume hood

  44. Comingling wastes outside

  45. Lab-packing chemicals in 55-gallon drum

  46. Proper labeling of waste drums

  47. Proper labeling of waste pails

  48. Transportation(Off-site)

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