| Overall Rating | Silver - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 56.91 |
| Liaison | Natalie Hayes |
| Submission Date | July 9, 2014 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
Bentley University
OP-25: Hazardous Waste Management
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Natalie
Hayes Associate Director of Sustainability Office of Sustainability |
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Does the institution have strategies in place to safely dispose of all hazardous, special (e.g. coal ash), universal, and non-regulated chemical waste and seek to minimize the presence of these materials on campus?:
Yes
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A brief description of steps taken to reduce hazardous, special (e.g. coal ash), universal, and non-regulated chemical waste:
Bentley's EHS person periodically does a thorough clean-out of mechanical and electrical spaces to ensure that what was not getting used is disposed of properly.
Bentley has an agreement with Clean Harbor to follow regulations. Bentley makes sure that Clean Harbor is a certified, reliable vendor to safely manage waste from cradle to grave.
Bentley's EHS person keeps MSDS sheets on all of our chemicals on-site (40 years). Online inventory of MSDS info for relevant departments
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A brief description of how the institution safely disposes of hazardous, universal, and non-regulated chemical waste:
Bentley is considered a "small quantity generator". Bentley adheres to MassDEP regulations on how much we can dispose of per month.
Bentley is required to have pollution prevention plan, which forces us to minimize materials on campus. Bentley employs ways to make substitutions for hazardous chemicals
Clean Harbors is Bentley's waste disposal vendor. They come 4 to 6 times per year to pick up from North Campus cold storage, Jennison Hall research lab, and the maintenance garage (oil) which are the locations where waste is stored.
Bentley uses IRN to pick up universal waste including; light bulbs, batteries, ballasts, electronic scraps.
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A brief description of any significant hazardous material release incidents during the previous three years, including volume, impact and response/remediation:
There have been no incident releases in the past 3 years, so we have not had to notify the MassDEP.
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A brief description of any inventory system employed by the institution to facilitate the reuse or redistribution of laboratory chemicals:
The Natural and Applied Sciences are working with Christine Powers, Environmental Health and Safety specialist. The size of our institution allows our chemical-based research are done in a communal laboratory space, so resources are shared freely. Sustainable waste management program in place through Facilities Management.
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Does the institution have or participate in a program to responsibly recycle, reuse, and/or refurbish all electronic waste generated by the institution?:
Yes
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Does the institution have or participate in a program to responsibly recycle, reuse, and/or refurbish electronic waste generated by students?:
Yes
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A brief description of the electronic waste recycling program(s):
Facilities Management has contracted with IRN to collect the electronic waste that Bentley creates.
Faculty and staff are able to recycle Bentley-owned electronics such as refrigerators and microwaves, from department operations through monthly Tag & Snag pick up days. The whole campus community has access to drop off locations for smaller items such as batteries, cell phones, handheld electronics and ink-jet cartridges. Facilities Management also uses the collection point for IRN to recycle ballasts, lightbulbs and heat pumps.
Client Services has contracts with various vendors to ensure that laptops, printers and other networked electronics are recycled by the manufacturer after its useful life on campus.
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A brief description of steps taken to ensure that e-waste is recycled responsibly, workers’ basic safety is protected, and environmental standards are met:
Any student, faculty, or staff can submit a work order to have large electronics picked up by Facilities Management for proper disposal and delayed pick-up. Information is available on the Office of Sustainability website to instruct campus community members about the proper handling of this waste.
The Environmental Health and Safety staff member incorporates information about proper handling of e-waste in her training sessions with facilities staff.
All of the e-waste that is collected on campus is transferred to a secure locked storage location away from other campus activities until it is picked up by IRN.
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The website URL where information about the institution’s hazardous and electronic-waste recycling programs is available:
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