| Overall Rating | Silver - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 60.68 |
| Liaison | Scott Morgan |
| Submission Date | July 25, 2011 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
Evergreen State College, The
OP-21: Hazardous Waste Management
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
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1.00 / 1.00 |
Scott
Morgan Director of Sustainability President's Office |
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Does the institution have strategies in place to safely dispose of all hazardous, 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, universal, and non-regulated chemical waste:
Intensive product review for construction and maintenance to select products that will not be a regulated waste
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A brief description of how the institution safely disposes of hazardous, universal, and non-regulated chemical waste:
Hazardous and dangerous waste are packaged and sent to a regulated Treatment, Storage and Disposal Facility (TSDF) on the state contract. As part of the contract review, all proposed TSDF are inspected by a committee of state agencies. Manifests are completed and maintained for all shipments. Universal wastes (lamps and electronics) are recycled through the state contract. Rechargeable batteries are recycled through RBRC via a vendor. Non regulated chemical waste is treated by neutralization and disposed to the sanitary sewer.
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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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