Applies to: (examples; Faculty,Staff, Students, etc)
Faculty , Staff , Students
Faculty , Staff , Students
University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy in St. Louis (UHSP) is classified as a “small quantity generator” of hazardous waste by the Missouri Department of Natural Resources (MoDNR) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. These agencies enforce the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1984, which requires a “large quantity generator” to certify that it has a program in place to reduce the volume and toxicity of waste generated to the degree it has determined to be economically practicable (RCRA Sections 3002(b) and 3005(h)).
Waste Minimization is necessary in order to minimize present and future threats to human health and the environment. Consistent with our sustainability efforts, UHSP has developed a Waste Minimization Plan although not required by our small quantity generator status. The RSC Waste Minimization Plan presents guidelines that can be used by Univeristy personnel to reduce the amount and toxicity of wastes generated at UHSP. While Plan procedures described below are voluntary, participation from UHSP personnel is expected to reduce our impact on our environment, generation of hazardous materials, and byproducts.
Term |
Definition |
Container |
Any easily and readily movable enclosure constructed of manmade materials that may be used for hazardous waste storage, treatment, transport, or disposal |
Generator |
Any person, by site, whose act or process produces hazardous waste identified or listed in the regulations, or, any person whose act first causes a hazardous waste to become subject to regulation. |
Hazardous Waste |
Any waste or combination of wastes as defined or listed by regulation, which, because of its quality, concentration, physical, chemical, or infectious characteristics, may cause or significantly contribute to an increase in mortality or an increase in serious, irreversible, or incapacitating reversible illness, or pose a threat to the health of humans or other living organisms. |
Regulated Quantity |
The generation or accumulation of a minimum amount of hazardous waste, as defined by regulation, which subjects the generator to following certain regulatory requirements. |
Waste |
Any material for which no use or sale is intended and that will be discarded, or any material that has been or is being discarded. Waste also includes certain residual materials that may be sold for purposes of energy or materials, reclamation, reuse, or transformation into new products that are not wastes. |
Hazardous Chemical |
Safer Substitute |
Used For |
Acetamide |
Stearic Acid |
Freezing point depression |
Benzene |
Xylene or Hexane |
Many solvent uses |
Benzoyl Peroxide |
Lauryl Peroxide |
Some polymer catalysis |
Carbon Tetrachloride |
Cyclohexane |
Qualitative test for halides |
Formaldehyde (formalin) |
Ethanol |
Specimen storage |
Halogenated solvents |
Non-halogenated solvents |
Some extractions and other solvent uses |
Sodium Dichromate |
Sodium Hypochlorite |
Some Oxidation reactions |
Sulfide ion |
Hydroxide ion |
Qualitative test for heavy metals |
Chromic acid solutions |
Ultrasonic baths, Alconox or similar detergents, Pierce RBS-35, or similar detergents |
Cleaning laboratory glassware |
Toluene-based Scintillation Cocktail |
Non-ignitable Scintillation Cocktail |
Studies using radioactive materials |
Mercury thermometers |
Alcohol (red liquid), digital or thermocouple thermometers |
Temperature |
Solvents |
Detergent and hot water |
Parts cleaning |
Oil-based paint |
Latex paint |
Painting operations |
Priority Chemicals |
|
Organic Chemicals and Chemical Compounds |
CAS Number |
1,2,4-Tricholorobenzene |
120-82-1 |
1,2,4,5-Tetrachlorobenzene |
95-94-3 |
2,4,5-Tricholorophenol |
95-95-4 |
4-Bromophenyl phenyl ether |
101-55-3 |
Acenaphthene |
83-32-9 |
Acenaphthylene |
208-96-8 |
Anthracene |
120-12-7 |
Benzo(g,h,i)perylene |
191-54-2 |
Dibenzufuran |
132-64-9 |
Dioxins/Furans |
1746-01-6 |
Endosulfan, alpha and beta |
959-98-8 33213-65-9 |
Fluorene |
86-73-7 |
Heptachlor and Heptachlor epoxide |
76-44-8 1024-57-3 |
Hexachlorobenzene |
118-74-1 |
Hexachlorobutadiene |
87-68-3 |
Hexachlorocyclohexane, gamma-(Lindane) |
58-89-9 |
Hexachloroethane |
67-72-1 |
Methoxychlor |
72-43-5 |
Naphthalene |
91-20-3 |
Pendimethalin |
40487-42-1 |
Pentachlorobenzene |
608-93-5 |
Pentachloronitrobenzene (Quintozene) |
82-68-8 |
Pentachlorophenol |
87-86-5 |
Phenanthrene |
85-01-8 |
Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds (PACs)/PAH Group |
|
Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) |
1336-36-3 |
Pyrene |
129-00-0 |
Trifluralin |
1582-97-6 |
Metals and Metal Compounds |
|
Cadmium |
7440-43-9 |
Lead |
7439-92-1 |
Mercury |
7439-97-6 |
Name |
Contact Information |
Carlin Harp |
314-446-8133 |
Eric Knoll |
314-446-8375 |