Hazardous Waste Management at Bowling Green State University

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HAZARDOUS WASTE
Hazardous Waste Management at Bowling Green
State University
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Resource Conservationand Recovery Act (RCRA) -
1976

• Cradle to grave
• management of
• hazardous wastes

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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 lt1 Kg of
  acutely
• toxic waste per month)
• Conditionally Exempt Small Quantity Generators
  (CESQGs)
• (generate less than 100 Kg and lt1 Kg of acutely
  toxic
• waste per month)

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Six Steps of HazardousWaste Management

• Identification
• Collection
• Storage
• Packaging
• Transportation
• Disposal

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HAZARDOUS WASTE

• Hazardous Waste Defined

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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

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Listed Wastes (U, P) Commercial Chemicals

• U listed wastes (toxic)
• Acetone
• Formaldehyde
• Phenol
• P listed wastes (acutely toxic)
• Osmium Tetroxide
• Sodium Azide
• Sodium Cyanide

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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)

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Characteristic Wastes D Wastes

• Ignitable
• flash point ? 140oF
• Corrosive
• pH ? 2 or ? 12.5
• Reactive
• unstable
• air/water reactive
• Toxic
• heavy metals
• certain pesticides

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Identification

• Who are the generators?
• What are they generating?
• How much are they generating?

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Academic Labs
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Research Labs
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Unknowns

• Unnecessary
• Expensive to identify

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Collection
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Use of funnel for additions to waste container
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Lid of waste container secured following
additions Properly labeled
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Storage(Lab)
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Proper waste storage
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Proper waste storage
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Separate, safe areas with instructions
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• Hazardous Waste
• Management Poster
• English
• Russian
• Chinese

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Storage area of last resort
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Overcrowding?
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Unacceptable storage
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Unacceptable storage
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Improper storage?
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Storage(Departmental)
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Transfer to safe storage areas
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Safe transport unit for glass bottles
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Transportation(On-site)
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Hazardous waste transport vehicle
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Waste storage unit
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Partition areas within storage unit
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Separation of incompatible chemicals
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Hazardous WasteStorage Facility(HWF)
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Storage on wooden shelving within individual
storage rooms
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Packaging
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DOT approved containers
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Comingling wastes in fume hood
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Comingling wastes outside
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Lab-packing chemicals in 55-gallon drum
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Proper labeling of waste drums
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Proper labeling of waste pails
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Transportation(Off-site)
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EPA registered transport vehicle
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Proper loading of waste containers
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Use of placards as required
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Use of Uniform Hazardous Waste Manifest system
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Disposal

• Options
• EPA approved landfill
• deep well injection
• incineration
• other thermal destruction
• chemical treatment

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Aptus hazardous waste incinerator Coffeeville,
Kansas
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Certificate of Treatment or Disposal
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Waste Minimization Program

• inventory management
• substitution
• microquantities
• drain disposal
• neutralization
• recycling

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Inventory Management
Purchase and store only those chemical quantities
to be used over a short period of time
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Substitution
Substitution of hazardous chemical with one that
is less or non-hazardous
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Use of Material Safety Data Sheets in selecting
potential chemicals for substitution
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Microquantities
Use of smaller quantities of chemicals can
result in smaller volumes of hazardous wastes
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Drain Disposal
Only for certain chemicals in small
quantities with appropriate dilution and POTW
approval
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Elementary Neutralization
Proper neutralization of hazardous chemicals
can result in reduced hazardous waste generation
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Recycling through Distillation
Solvent distillation reduces waste volumes
and and extends the time between needed purchases
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OrphanChemical Program

• Transfers useable but unwanted chemicals to those
  who can use them
• reduces disposal costs
• reduces purchasing costs for new materials

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HAZARDOUS WASTE
Hazardous Waste Management at Bowling Green
State University