Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 54.13
Liaison Keisha Payson
Submission Date July 11, 2013
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STARS v1.2

Bowdoin College
OP-21: Hazardous Waste Management

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.00 / 1.00 Keisha Payson
Sustainability Director
Sustainable Bowdoin
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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:
Bowdoin conducts trainings and refresher courses for employees as part of an effort to reduce hazardous, universal, and non-regulated chemical waste.

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A brief description of how the institution safely disposes of hazardous, universal, and non-regulated chemical waste:
Bowdoin has set procedures for the collection, temporary storage, and disposal of hazardous, universal, and non-regulated chemical waste. Satellite Accumulation Areas are inspected at least weekly.

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The website URL where information about hazardous materials management is available:
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