From:
Dom DeCaria <0000172e95575886-dmarc-request**At_Symbol_Here**LISTS.PRINCETON.EDU>
Subject:
Re: [DCHAS-L] Recycling disposable gloves..
Date:
Aug 22, 2022 20:53 UTC
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ACS Division of Chemical Health and Safety <DCHAS-L**At_Symbol_Here**Princeton.EDU>
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Working closely with the recycling community in the past four years, I have a hard time believing that “anything” could contaminate any glove and it would be acceptable for a mechanical recycling process. Seems that a pyrolysis or gasification process would be more amenable to that level of contamination. Nonetheless, I’m very interested in this conversation as it would pertain to vinyl gloves, rather than nitrile. I represent the Vinyl Institute on recycling matters and we are actively seeking pilot program opportunities to increase recycling and decrease waste. Looking forward to learning about what folks are interested in here.
Thanks,
Dom DeCaria
VP - Regulatory & Technical Affairs
Vinyl Institute
ddecaria**At_Symbol_Here**vinylinfo.org
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On Aug 22, 2022, at 4:46 PM, Margaret Rakas <mrakas**At_Symbol_Here**smith.edu> wrote:
Good afternoon,
We have several labs that want to participate in glove recycling. These are nitrile gloves that the supplier intends to be used for work with chemicals (glove permeation data available) with (at most) minor amounts of chemicals on them ('splash' amounts rather than immersion)--most likely have nothing on them. The recycling companies say they don't care what's on them, it's all good--one even says acid, biologicals, it's all fine.
I can make an argument against recycling gloves used in recombinant DNA or BSL-2 work, but with the 'we'll gloves with anything on them' I am having trouble finding a reason to say 'NO!' to ardent recycling supporters who use chemicals, particularly small amounts of flammable and dilute corrosive chemicals.
I'd like to know if other institutions are sending gloves to recycling vendors--do you approve this lab by lab, are my concerns about contamination issues unwarranted, etc?
Many thanks,
Margaret
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Margaret A. Rakas, Ph.D.
Lab Safety & Compliance Director
Clark Science Center
413-585-3877 (p)
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