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If your facility performs container stuffing or containerization of wastes that are incompatible, ignitable, or reactive, you have strict regulations that must be followed. The containerization of these materials is required to follow even stricter guidelines than those set forth under the Code of Federal Regulations 265.177 under Title 40 of the EPA rules. Your […]

It can become problematic when a facility is suspicious of EPA ID numbers or if you do not understand what they are. These ID numbers are not nonessential, and if your facility is required to have them, it is the law that you do. Failure to have an EPA ID number when it is required

With summer fast approaching, the time to begin your chemical waste cleanout is here. School and college science laboratories need to learn which chemicals are no longer needed and dispose of them properly. These chemicals will include outdated, unidentified, unwanted, and other waste that needs to be handled as a hazardous material. Now is the

Government agencies and educational institutes with laboratories create hazardous waste materials that are required by law to be disposed of properly. The EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) has guidelines these facilities are required to follow to reduce and eliminate risks to human health and the environment. Lab-pack management is a method for disposing of these materials.

The busy time for waste disposal services is beginning. This time of year becomes busy with all the year-end cleanouts and typical spring clean-up projects that are being performed. Now is the time for your school, college, university, or any other facility with a functioning laboratory to schedule your hazardous waste disposal project. Beginning these

There are many dangerous chemicals in a school, college, or university and many are not obvious. If your facility uses, purchases, stores, or disposes of hazardous materials, you will want to learn how and when to perform a spring chemical cleanout. The first step is to understand which materials are considered hazardous. Many of the

It is frustrating and time-consuming when you have to prepare your hazardous waste materials for shipping. To make it less confusing and to limit loading times at the dock there are ways you can keep track of your chemical waste inventory to make the process run much smoother. Using the right chemical waste inventory system

Laboratory experiments, exotic research, workday procedures, and medical tests all generate hazardous waste. These wastes can be broken down into three categories, (1) pathological wastes, (2) chemical wastes, (3) infectious wastes, and how they are disposed of is regulated by the EPA. How to Manage Chemical Waste Disposal in Your Laboratory The first rule in

Chemical waste disposal can become a challenge for school, college, and university laboratories. Not all materials are safely stored, properly sealed, and labeled correctly which increases the health and safety risks to all students and staff coming into contact with these dangerous chemicals. It is important to start a new year with chemical waste disposal

Managing end-of-year chemical waste cleanout of your hazardous materials in laboratories, colleges, schools, and manufacturing facilities always comes with new challenges. Keeping up with the constant changes to your state’s and the federal government’s regulations is crucial for your facility’s operators to ensure you remain in compliance and avoid costly fines. Working with the experts