Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 56.05
Liaison Mary Ellen Mallia
Submission Date July 19, 2012
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STARS v1.1

University at Albany
OP-21: Hazardous Waste Management

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.00 / 1.00 Mary Ellen Mallia
Director of Environmental Sustainability
Finance and Business
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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:
All materials deemed hazardous, such as those in chemistry and biology labs, must be registered and approved before they are allowed on campus in an effort to reduce the amount of hazardous materials on campus and also to prevent the spread of unknown materials.

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A brief description of how the institution safely disposes of hazardous, universal, and non-regulated chemical waste:
The two following links provide information on the university's hazardous waste and recycling policies. Included are mercury containing lights and lamps, batteries, laboratory supplies, electronics, and pesticides. http://www.albany.edu/ehs/pdf/Universal%20Waste%20Disposal%20Policy%20and%20Guidelines.pdf http://www.albany.edu/ehs/pdf/CHEMICALHYGIENE10.pdf

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