Overall Rating Silver
Overall Score 50.87
Liaison Cesar Nanni
Submission Date Nov. 26, 2021

STARS v2.2

Universidad de Monterrey
OP-20: Hazardous Waste Management

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.50 / 1.00 Carlos Lopez
Eng.
Sustainability Office
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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:
- Recommend the purchase and use of low impact lab materials (ex. water based acrylic paint).
- Some lab activities are made once a year, instead of each semester.
- Under mexican law whomever creates the hazardous waste is obligated to take actions. UDEM is register as a hazardous waste generator at the SEMARNAT (Environment and Natural Resourses Agency). In order to reduce hazardous materials a guidance is provided to control and have a proper waste management.

A brief description of how the institution safely disposes of hazardous, universal, and non-regulated chemical waste:
- All hazardous material is put in a closed red bin according to Mexican NOM 87. When recolection is need, rhe service providers (contractors Trisa & Biofast) are called. They are the ones in charge of following the stablished disposition route.
- According to mexican environmental law all hazardous waste generated at the University is classified under the correct category: ingnitable, corrosive, toxicity, reactive. All waste generated are discarted by an accredited enterprise.
- All generators with help of the Sustanability Center and the Health and Safety Office work in the minimizations of Hazardous Waste, Safety in Labs, Chemical substitution actions and Contingency Plans.

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

A brief description of any inventory system employed by the institution to facilitate the reuse or redistribution of laboratory chemicals:
No inventory.

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?:
No

Does the institution have or participate in a program to responsibly recycle, reuse, and/or refurbish electronic waste generated by students?:
No

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