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Lab Waste Management
Lab Waste Management
Learning Objective
General Considerations
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Sources of Information
• Labels
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General Considerations
All generators of potentially hazardous wastes If a large amount of one particular type of waste
must ensure segregation, accurate and complete is generated, a separate residue container shall be
labeling, safe storage, transport, treatment and provided for it.
disposal of such wastes.
It is a must to ensure that the container is not
Wastes should be minimized where possible. leaking and there is no spillage on the exterior of
the containers.
Waste chemicals and solvents must be stored in
suitable designated areas while awaiting Untrained students and staff are not to handle
collection. hazardous wastes and must not be given
responsibility to them.
Disposal will be undertaken by EHSS in
accordance to KU’s procedure. Personal protective equipment should be a
consideration when handling chemical waste
Mixing of waste to be avoided where possible, as
unexpected reactions may occur. Reference should be made to the SDS.
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Waste-Container Compatibility
Laboratory Cleanout
Look for chemicals that are no longer needed, old and out of date
or unusable. (At least Annually – when you update your chemical
inventory)
Labeling of Waste
• Date the label with the date that the waste is first added.
• Do not use:
Abbreviations
Chemical symbols
Trade names
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Sharps
-- are items that could puncture regular trash bags and can
potentially cause injury to someone handling the waste.
Examples:
broken laboratory glassware and some plastics
dosing needles
disposables scalpels and blades
• Discarded glassware must be placed in a small • It is acceptable to use a plastic bucket with a lid in
puncture proof, cardboard box or a container place of the trash bag-lined cardboard box. Label
specifically designed for the disposal of glassware. the outside of the container “Broken Glass Only.”
Ensure that the label is facing outwards and is
• Any cardboard box may be used, provided it is readily visible to laboratory occupants.
properly labeled, sturdy and of a size that
will not weigh more than 15 kg when full.
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Incompatibility of Liquid
Wastes
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Solid Wastes
Solid waste includes any laboratory material that has
come in contact with a chemical or is potentially
contaminated with a chemical.
Examples:
gloves,
bench-top paper,
weighing boats and papers,
paper towels,
clean up material
permanently contaminated glassware and plastic
ware
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Empty Containers
Triple rinse with copious amounts of water. Collect the first
rinse as chemical waste. Rinse two and three can go down the
sewer.
Recyclable or Not?
Laboratory materials that can be recycled:
• Brown glass
• Clear glass
• Metal cans
• Computer and electronic equipment
• Example: if an organic solvent solution is added to a container that is not labeled or labeled as an
aqueous inorganic acid, and a fellow researcher may generate an inorganic nitric acid solution
and add it to the container. Nitric acid and organic solvents are extremely incompatible and the
container over a short period of time generates pressure and explodes.
• Waste containers must remain closed or sealed at all times, except when waste is being added or
removed from the container.
• Liquid waste containers must be stored in secondary containment systems according to hazard class.
• DO NOT store bulk liquid chemical waste containers in fume hoods that have active experiments or
reactions occurring.
• Containers can only be filled to a maximum 90% full. Head space is needed for expansion and/or ease of
dispensing.
Thank You
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