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As part
of a USEPA Supplemental Environmental Project, Pfizer, Inc. has supported
URI in creating documents to further its campus-wide Laboratory Waste
Management Programs. The documents provided on this Web page have been
made generic and are available for downloading to any college or university
for customization for its own program needs.
The
information compiled on this Web page has been developed by the University
of Rhode Island (URI) and is made available with the understanding that
URI and the contributing authors are not engaged in rendering legal services
and if legal advice is required you should seek advice from legal counsel.
Although prepared by environmental professionals, this Web page should
not be utilized as a substitute for professional environmental services
for specific situations.
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The documents,
and their purposes, are:
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A
comprehensive Laboratory Waste Management
Plan that includes campus-wide roles and responsibilities for
individuals with direct and indirect responsibility for laboratory
waste management; regulatory summaries and reference materials; and
examples of pollution prevention plans, laboratory waste management
Standard Operating Procedures, a training matrix, and a waste tracking
spreadsheet. This is designed for personnel involved in the day-to-day
management of laboratory waste and associated programs.
- A Laboratory
Waste Guidebook (PDF, 860k), (Software requirement for customizing
Guidebook is Adobe Acrobat), a laboratory guidance reference manual
that summarizes the highlights of the Laboratory Waste Management Plan
and provides relevant contact information for on-campus resources. This
is designed as an easy-to-use guide for faculty, laboratory staff, graduate
students and interns working in research laboratories, faculty and laboratory
managers who provide student laboratory classes, and students taking
laboratory classes. Rhode Island Schools, click here for the Laboratory
Waste Guidebook for Rhode Island Schools (PDF, 1MB), (Software requirement
for customizing Guidebook is Adobe Acrobat).
- A Laboratory
Waste Training Presentation (Microsoft Powerpoint 97, 1.2MB) that
summarizes key campus and regulatory agency requirements for appropriate
management of laboratory waste. This presentation is designed for faculty
and staff who provide laboratory waste management training to faculty,
staff and students.
- A Pollution
Prevention Guideline (Microsoft Powerpoint 97, 421k) for Academic
Laboratories. This presentation is a summary of Chapter 8 of the Laboratory
Waste Management Plan. It sets forth the six-step Pollution Prevention
methodology utilized by the University of Rhode Island to develop alternative
teaching laboratory experiments for first-year chemistry students.
- A Waste
Tracking Spreadsheet (MS Excel 97, 23k) that can be used for logging
and tracking specific wastes from specific locations such as individual
laboratories or departments.
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