Overall Rating Gold
Overall Score 67.45
Liaison Benjamin Newton
Submission Date March 3, 2023

STARS v2.2

Central Community College
OP-20: Hazardous Waste Management

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.50 / 1.00
"---" indicates that no data was submitted for this field

Part 1. Hazardous waste minimization and disposal

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

A brief description of steps taken to reduce hazardous, special (e.g. coal ash), universal, and non-regulated chemical waste:
Clean out of existing inventories and dated chemical waste, construction areas repurposed and reuse volume in new areas. Dated and low volume chemicals are culled and shipped annually.

A brief description of how the institution safely disposes of hazardous, universal, and non-regulated chemical waste:
Follow all EPA regulations and incinerator policies, universal waste is recycled and reclaimed. Coolant sent out as hazardous and are not put down wastewater drains. Nothing goes down the drain except soap and water. Any acids or bases are neutralized before disposal.

A brief description of any significant hazardous material release incidents during the previous three years, including volume, impact and response/remediation:
None FPCC spill containment control plan.

A brief description of any inventory system employed by the institution to facilitate the reuse or redistribution of laboratory chemicals:
None, however multiple campuses call each other to redistribute and reuse between multi Central Community College campuses. National Fire Protection System inventory is done annually.

Part 2. Electronic waste diversion

Does the institution have or participate in a program to responsibly recycle, reuse, and/or refurbish electronic waste generated by the institution?:
Yes

Does the institution have or participate in a program to responsibly recycle, reuse, and/or refurbish electronic waste generated by students?:
Yes

If yes to either of the above, provide:

A brief description of the electronic waste recycling program(s), including information about how electronic waste generated by the institution and/or students is recycled:
Retired CCC computers and hardware are available for purchase at an online surplus sale site for equipment retired from service.

Is the institution’s electronic waste recycler certified under the e-Stewards and/or Responsible Recycling (R2) standards?:
No

Optional Fields 

Website URL where information about the institution’s hazardous waste program is available:
https://central-community-college-online-surplus-pc-sale.myshopify.com/collections/all

Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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