From:
Hakkinen, Pertti (NIH/NLM) [E] <hakkinenp**At_Symbol_Here**MAIL.NLM.NIH.GOV>
Subject:
Re: [DCHAS-L] Waste minimization during lab procedure
Date:
Apr 1, 2014 16:55 UTC
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DCHAS-L
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Dear ACS DCHAS Listserv members:
The U.S. National Library of Medicine’s “Laboratory Safety” Enviro-Health Links Web page has a section on “Laboratory Waste Management.” If interested, please see: http://sis.nlm.nih.gov/enviro/labsafety.html#a8
Here’s what we have in that section (the Web page provides Web links to the documents):
- Biological waste handling,
from Princeton University
- Less is Better:
Guide to Minimizing Waste in Laboratories, from
American Chemical Society Task
Force on Laboratory Environment, Health, & Safety
- Chemical Waste Disposal,
from Stanford
University
- Waste Management in Chemical Laboratories,
from Royal Society of Chemistry
Sincerely,
Bert Hakkinen
Pertti (Bert) J. Hakkinen, Ph.D.
Acting Head, Office of Clinical Toxicology
Specialized Information Services
National Library of Medicine
National Institutes of Health
United States Department of Health and Human Services
Bethesda, MD USA
Hello Ralph,
I will send you selections from our Laboratory SOP where I have initiated such procedures if you like..
The financial, legal and ethical benefits from neutralization far out weighs any down side.
Leigh
Hello,
Much literature alludes to reducing hazardous waste generation from a chemical procedure by including a step or steps within the procedure to accomplish the reduction of "end-of-the-pipe" hazardous waste. Can anyone provide me with an experimental or instructional
protocol that serves as an example of this concept?
A document from Battelle mentioned neutralization, separation, fixation, oxidation, precipitation, degradation and ion exchange.
I'm looking for examples of laboratory procedures into which these or other steps are incorporated specifically to reduce waste/hazardous waste generation. I'd especially like to see examples of things other than neutralization.
Thanks.
Ralph
Ralph North, CHMM
Environmental Specialist
University of Wisconsin System
Office of Risk Management
780 Regent St.
Madison, WI 53715-2635
rnorth**At_Symbol_Here**uwsa.edu
(608) 263-4419
