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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

All businesses in any industry are responsible for making safe and sustainable waste management practices their priority. Laboratories, schools, certain government agencies, pharmaceuticals, and research and development all have many chemicals in stock that have gone over their expiration dates. When these chemicals reach their expiration dates, you have to schedule a proper hazardous waste

A lab cleanout is the removal of any excess, unwanted, abandoned, unused, or expired chemicals left in your school, college, or any other laboratory from last year, or summer programs. This cleanout can involve bio-hazardous or radioactive wastes and any other form of hazardous chemical waste. Specifying and scheduling a fall chemical cleanout is important,

The summer break is almost over and now is the time to make sure all your hazardous chemical materials are up to date and any partial or unnecessary substances are disposed of before the next school year begins. Many labs perform a spring cleanout after students have left for their break. Sometimes not all materials

When an educational facility, medical center, warehouse, government agency, or laboratory generates an abundance of hazardous waste materials, they have to properly dispose of it every year. It can be a challenging, time-consuming, and costly task to dispose of these materials. These hazardous wastes must be disposed of properly to ensure there are no risks

With the changing of seasons comes the closing of classrooms, meaning it’s time to start a chemical cleanout of school and college science laboratories. During the summer months, a lot of your non-teaching staff will remain on campus to clean up classrooms, lavatories, kitchens, science labs, and all other areas of your building or buildings.

Many hazardous wastes can create an immediate health risk to those who come into contact with them. These wastes can include contaminated solids, chemical byproducts, and anything in between. Chemical waste disposal is a must, and a spring clean is necessary to ensure all unused portions of your chemicals, or outdated chemicals are disposed of