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Health & Safety at Little France Waste Management

An online training package for staff and students working in UofE buildings on the Little France/Bioquarter campus to ensure proper waste management.

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Health & Safety at Little France Waste Management

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  1. HEALTH & SAFETY @ LITTLE FRANCE WASTE MANAGEMENT Welcome to an on-line health and safety training package intended for staff and students working within UofE buildings on the Little France/Bioquarter campus Information contained within these pages is intended for use by University of Edinburgh staff and students only.

  2. HEALTH & SAFETY @ LITTLE FRANCE WASTE MANAGEMENT This on-line training package is intended principally for laboratory-based workers, but is not a substitute for more in-depth training which may be organised by laboratory managers. Last updated: April, 2018

  3. HEALTH & SAFETY @ LITTLE FRANCE WASTE MANAGEMENT Please take time to view the following material, and direct any urgent questions to the H&S Advisor or Waste Management Advisor for your laboratory, your Laboratory Manager, or the Little France Buildings H&S Manager (the contact details for whom are shown on the last page of this presentation). Thank you

  4. HEALTH & SAFETY @ LITTLE FRANCE WASTE MANAGEMENT The nature of work undertaken within laboratories on this site results in generation of several quite different types of waste. Some waste materials have the potential to be harmful if they are not contained, stored and handled correctly. That’s why all laboratory waste, no matter how innocuous it may seem to be, must be managed with care.

  5. HEALTH & SAFETY @ LITTLE FRANCE WASTE MANAGEMENT There are also numerous laws and regulations governing waste disposal, with which we must fully comply. The ways in which we manage and dispose of the waste that we generate on this campus are monitored by the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA), and penalties for non-compliance may be considerable.

  6. HEALTH & SAFETY @ LITTLE FRANCE WASTE MANAGEMENT Waste generated on this campus may be any one or more of the following: • Clinical waste • Non-clinical laboratory waste • Radioactive waste • Special waste (such as cytotoxic chemicals) • Non-hazardous domestic waste (such as waste paper, packaging etc, some of which may be recyclable, but may also include confidential documents).

  7. HEALTH & SAFETY @ LITTLE FRANCE WASTE MANAGEMENT Further information regarding the correct procedures to be used for the management of each type of waste is dealt with in training sessions delivered by the H&S Manager and/or the University’s Waste Manager. But, in summary …

  8. HEALTH & SAFETY @ LITTLE FRANCE WASTE MANAGEMENT General Laboratory and Office Waste (“Black Bag Waste”)  Uncontaminated paper, hand towels, cardboard, packing materials, etc. Uncontaminated empty plastic bottles (after washing or rinsing and removing or obscuring hazard warning labels) and uncontaminated plastic containers.  No offensive waste (items that are readily identifiable as originating in a laboratory), no gloves, no laboratory consumables, no pipettes, no gels, no blots, no glass or sharps.

  9. HEALTH & SAFETY @ LITTLE FRANCE WASTE MANAGEMENT Clinical and Biological Waste (For Heat Treatment – “Orange Bag Waste”)  All non-infectious and autoclaved disposable gloves, potentially contaminated paper towels, Eppendorf tubes, pipettes, pipette tips, plastic-ware, syringe bodies (No needles!), gels containing ethidium bromide (with a concentration <0.1%). All plastic-ware from tissue culture rooms (except GM contaminated waste).  No glass or sharps.

  10. HEALTH & SAFETY @ LITTLE FRANCE WASTE MANAGEMENT Clinical and Biological Waste (For Incineration – “Yellow Bag Waste”) All non-infectious and autoclaved tissue, organs, blood, etc. See also all relevant local rules.  No glass or sharps. No GM waste.

  11. HEALTH & SAFETY @ LITTLE FRANCE WASTE MANAGEMENT Radioactive Waste • Very low level radioactive waste as defined in the University’s guidance note GN009 (Disposal of Radioactive Waste) at • http://www.safety.ed.ac.uk/resources/ • Radiation/GN009.shtm • Seek advice from your laboratory’s Radiation Protection Supervisor, and see also all relevant local rules. • Arrangements for disposal of radioactive waste at higher levels must be made in consultation with the University’s Radiation Protection Adviser.

  12. HEALTH & SAFETY @ LITTLE FRANCE WASTE MANAGEMENT GM Waste GM contaminated tissue culture plates, pipettes etc must either be autoclaved or chemically disinfected by soaking in 1% w/v Virkon, or 1,000 ppm Presept (four 0.5g tablets dissolved into one litre of water) for at least two hours before discharging any excess liquid via drains. See also all relevant local rules.  No glass or sharps.

  13. HEALTH & SAFETY @ LITTLE FRANCE WASTE MANAGEMENT Sharps Sharps, including needles, scalpel blades, small pieces of broken glass, glass Pasteur pipettes, etc. Never overfill a sharps container … Stop depositing stuff in sharps bins when they’re already two thirds full, and never attempt to compress sharps waste within a container by pressing down on it with your hands (Remarkably, some people have been spotted doing just that!).

  14. HEALTH & SAFETY @ LITTLE FRANCE WASTE MANAGEMENT Cytotoxic Waste All categories of biological waste containing or contaminated with cytotoxic substances (toxic, carcinogenic, toxic for reproduction, or mutagenic) above published hazardous thresholds (e.g. ethidium bromide at concentrations ≥0.1%). Seek advice from your laboratory’s Waste Management Adviser.

  15. HEALTH & SAFETY @ LITTLE FRANCE WASTE MANAGEMENT Chemical Waste See material safety data sheets, COSHH risk assessments, safe systems of work, Section 18 of the Safety Manual and seek advice from your laboratory’s Waste Management Advisor.

  16. HEALTH & SAFETY @ LITTLE FRANCE WASTE MANAGEMENT Confidential Waste See Paragraph 18.9.1 of Section 18 of the Safety Manual for further information regarding disposal of confidential waste.

  17. HEALTH & SAFETY @ LITTLE FRANCE WASTE MANAGEMENT Other Waste Refer to your laboratory’s Waste Management Adviser also in respect of correct procedures for disposal of glass, batteries, aerosol canisters, plastic bottles, drinks cans and other recyclable food containers.

  18. HEALTH & SAFETY @ LITTLE FRANCE WASTE MANAGEMENT If in doubt … • Do not (NEVER EVER)take a gamble on which type of bag or bin to use for disposal of laboratory waste. If you are wrong, we could all end up in a whole heap of trouble. • If you don’t know for sure,always(ALWAYS) refer to your laboratory’s Waste Management Adviser before committing waste to a bin or bag.

  19. HEALTH & SAFETY @ LITTLE FRANCE WASTE MANAGEMENT For example …

  20. HEALTH & SAFETY @ LITTLE FRANCE WASTE MANAGEMENT No Nein Non Não Nee Nej Siyo Nyet Ei Iie Lo Ni Nogat Tidak

  21. HEALTH & SAFETY @ LITTLE FRANCE WASTE MANAGEMENT Hai Jes Kylaä Ya Sim Da Sea Yes Ja Oui Si Ken Ndiyo Bai or

  22. HEALTH & SAFETY @ LITTLE FRANCE WASTE MANAGEMENT The fact that we go further that the regulations strictly demand with regard to disposal of uncontaminated glove material is because we acknowledge that cleaners (who manage our black bag waste stream) simply cannot know if gloves found in black bins and bags are contaminated or not, and they MUST NOT be put in the position of being concerned for their safety.

  23. HEALTH & SAFETY @ LITTLE FRANCE WASTE MANAGEMENT Spill Response If you discover spilled waste … DON’T PANIC! The following steps are intended to help you cope in a sensible, organised and safe manner.

  24. HEALTH & SAFETY @ LITTLE FRANCE WASTE MANAGEMENT Small-scale spills can usually be managed by the application of sound common sense. But where the spillage is clearly hazardous, or has affected a substantial area, your lab’s Contingency Plan should be implemented.

  25. HEALTH & SAFETY @ LITTLE FRANCE WASTE MANAGEMENT First, ask yourself … • Am I safe? • Who else may be at risk, and how can I let them know? • What does the Contingency Plan say that I should do? • What help and tools do I need? • (Later) What can be learned from this?

  26. HEALTH & SAFETY @ LITTLE FRANCE WASTE MANAGEMENT In case of emergency … • Evacuate and isolate the area. • Summon competent assistance. • Identify the chemicals spilled, and assess the hazards created. • Deploy spill management resources. • Make safe and dispose of spilled chemicals.

  27. HEALTH & SAFETY @ LITTLE FRANCE WASTE MANAGEMENT Further guidance regarding spill management is provided in a separate on-line training package, access to which can be obtained through the same route as you gained access to this package, or you may prefer to attend one of the formal training sessions which are freely and regularly available on the campus.

  28. HEALTH & SAFETY @ LITTLE FRANCE WASTE MANAGEMENT Further Information Details of waste management procedures for all areas of University buildings on the Little France campus are set out in Sections 18 and 19 of the Safety Manual at http://www.ed.ac.uk/schools-departments/medicine-vet-medicine/staff-students/staff/health-and-safety/manual

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  34. HEALTH & SAFETY @ LITTLE FRANCE WASTE MANAGEMENT Biological Waste Specialist advice may be obtained from the University’s Biological Safety Adviser, on 651 4245 or email: Biosafety@ed.ac.uk

  35. HEALTH & SAFETY @ LITTLE FRANCE WASTE MANAGEMENT Radioactive Waste Specialist advice may be obtained from the University’s Radiation Protection Adviser, on 650 2818 or email: Radiation@ed.ac.uk

  36. HEALTH & SAFETY @ LITTLE FRANCE WASTE MANAGEMENT Further Information Finally, if in any doubt, at any stage, on any matters related to the correct disposal of laboratory waste, contact the Waste manager for your floor of the building within which you work, or the University’s Waste and Environment Manager on 0131 651 4287 or email: Waste@ed.ac.uk

  37. HEALTH & SAFETY @ LITTLE FRANCE WASTE MANAGEMENT You have now completed this on-line training package summarising key aspects of waste management arrangements for the Little France campus. Please also attend any additional training that may be organised by your laboratory manager. Thank you

  38. HEALTH & SAFETY @ LITTLE FRANCE WASTE MANAGEMENT Lindsay Murray Health & Safety Manager, The University of Edinburgh, College of Medicine & Veterinary Medicine (Little France/Bioquarter Campus) Room SU225, Chancellor’s Building Ext: 26390 lgm@staffmail.ed.ac.uk

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