Upon request, EH&S/Haz Waste Management Group, provides 2.5 and 5 gallon carboys for waste collection.  These carboys have a large (2.5"?) opening on the top for the addition of waste.  If an individual lab doesn't generate enough to fill a carboy within the regulatory accumulation period, the labs typically use recycled/reclaimed 4 liter glass bottles for waste collection.  EH&S doesn't provide the 4 liter bottles.

Hope this helps,

Debbie

Debbie M. Decker, CCHO, ACS Fellow

Chair, Division of Chemical Health and Safety

University of California, Davis

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From:Stuart, Ralph

To:DCHAS-L**At_Symbol_Here**MED.CORNELL.EDU

Sent: Tuesday, October 13, 2015 8:00 AM

Subject: [DCHAS-L] Lab Waste accumulation bottle preference

 

I'm getting ready to order some waste accumulation bottles for our laboratories and wonder if there is a practical reason to have narrow mouth bottles rather than wide mouth bottles. It seems like the wide mouth bottles would eliminate the need for a funnel during the filling process and lead to less exterior contamination of the waste bottle. However, standard practice appears to be narrow mouth bottles and I wonder if this is due to a specific practical reason or inertia?

Thanks for any thoughts on this.

- Ralph


Ralph Stuart, CIH, CCHO
Chemical Hygiene Officer
Keene State College

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