| Overall Rating | Gold - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 67.26 |
| Liaison | Jillian Leach |
| Submission Date | Nov. 19, 2013 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
California State University, Chico
OP-21: Hazardous Waste Management
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Dale
Wymore Director Business Servicer |
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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:
CSU Chico employs a holistic approach to hazardous & universal waste minimization as well as reducing the hazards of the materials in use whenever possible.
The Environmental Health & Safety (EHS) department encourages purchasing only what is needed for the short term and avoiding the notion of buying in bulk as a cost-saving policy when it comes to chemical purchases. It is all too common for someone to get a "great deal" by buying larger quantities of chemical products and ignoring the resultant risk of having large quantities on hand and the eventual cost of shipping any unwanted and unused chemicals as a hazardous waste.
If unwanted and unused chemicals do surface, the EHS department tries to match up the unwanted chemicals from one department with another department that could use them. This happens with laboratory chemicals as well as maintenance products.
Paints are one of our most successful reuse items. Unwanted paints are offered for reuse to both our Fine Art department as well as our Scene Shop in the Performing Arts department to make backdrops for stage performances. The next preferred option is to donate unwanted but still usable latex paint to the local Butte County Sheriff's Team of Active Retired Seniors' (STARS) anti-graffiti program. Our next best option is to ship unwanted latex paint for recycling instead of managing it as a hazardous waste as would otherwise be the case in California.
Product substitution is an important tool CSU Chico employs whenever possible. We continually seek out opportunities to replace hazardous chemical products with alternatives that work as well but pose fewer hazards to the individual user and to the environment. This is most commonly applied to cleaning and maintenance products including pesticides.
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A brief description of how the institution safely disposes of hazardous, universal, and non-regulated chemical waste:
All regulated waste is managed through the Environmental Health & Safety (EHS) department. Campus users notify EHS and request a waste pickup periodically. EHS moves those wastes to a central accumulation area. At least every 90 days EHS ships chemical waste offsite with registered hazardous waste haulers.
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The website URL where information about hazardous materials management is available:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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