Hazardous Waste Management at Bowling Green State University

1. HAZARDOUS WASTE Hazardous Waste Management at Bowling Green State University

2. Resource Conservationand Recovery Act (RCRA) - 1976 “Cradle to grave” management of hazardous wastes

3. Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments (HSWA) - 1984 Established three categories of generators • Large Quantity Generators (LQGs) (generate over 1000 Kg of hazardous waste per month) • Small Quantity Generators (SQGs) (generate between 100 & 1000 Kg and <1 Kg of acutely toxic waste per month) • Conditionally Exempt Small Quantity Generators (CESQGs) (generate less than 100 Kg and <1 Kg of acutely toxic waste per month)

4. Six Steps of HazardousWaste Management • Identification • Collection • Storage • Packaging • Transportation • Disposal

5. HAZARDOUS WASTE Hazardous Waste Defined

6. Hazardous Waste Categories • Listed Wastes (U, P, K, and F) • from commercial chemical products • from specific and non-specific sources • Characteristic Wastes (D) • based on waste qualities • heavy metals and certain pesticides

7. Listed Wastes (U, P) –Commercial Chemicals “U” listed wastes(“toxic”) • Acetone • Formaldehyde • Phenol “P” listed wastes (“acutely toxic”) • Osmium Tetroxide • Sodium Azide • Sodium Cyanide

8. Listed Wastes (K, F) – Specificand Nonspecific Sources “K” listed wastes (“specific sources”) • Distillation bottoms from the production of acetaldehyde from ethylene • Wastewater treatment sludges generated in the production of creosote “F” listed wastes (“non-specific sources”) • Spent halogenated solvents (e.g. carbon tetrachloride) • Spent non-halogenated solvents (e.g. toluene, MEK)

9. Characteristic Wastes – “D” Wastes Ignitable • flash point  140oF Corrosive • pH  2 or  12.5 Reactive • unstable • air/water reactive Toxic • heavy metals • certain pesticides

10. Identification • Who are the generators? • What are they generating? • How much are they generating?

11. Academic Labs

12. Research Labs

13. Custodial Closets

14. Other Custodial Storage Areas

15. Building Maintenance Areas

16. Paint Shops

17. Unknowns Unnecessary Expensive to identify

18. Collection

19. Use of funnel for additions to waste container

20. Lid of waste container securedfollowing additions Properly labeled

21. Storage(Lab)

22. Proper waste storage

23. Proper waste storage

24. Separate, safe areas with instructions

25. Hazardous Waste Management Poster • English • Russian • Chinese

26. Storage area of last resort

27. Overcrowding?

28. Unacceptable storage

29. Unacceptable storage

30. Improper storage?

31. Storage(Departmental)

32. Transfer to safe storage areas

33. Safe transport unit for glass bottles

35. Transportation(On-site)

36. Hazardous waste transport vehicle

37. Waste storage unit

38. Partition areas within storage unit

39. Separation of incompatible chemicals

40. Hazardous WasteStorage Facility(HWF)

42. Storage on wooden shelving within individual storage rooms

43. Packaging

44. DOT approved containers

45. Comingling wastes in fume hood

46. Comingling wastes outside

47. Lab-packing chemicals in 55-gallon drum

48. Proper labeling of waste drums

49. Proper labeling of waste pails

50. Transportation(Off-site)