Laboratory hazardous waste
Our research and teaching laboratories produce hazardous waste. The following guidance and procedures must be followed to ensure that the hazardous waste is managed and disposed of correctly for everyone’s safety.
How to recycle organic chemical waste and recycle or dispose of inorganic chemical waste.
How to separate, package and treat sharp or pointed waste, including needle, blade, glassware and plasticware waste.
How to dispose of gas cylinders that can’t be returned to the manufacturer or supplier.
How to identify, handle, store and dispose of polychlorinated biphenyls-contaminated materials.
The laboratory hazardous waste manual explains how to manage and dispose of all kinds of laboratory hazardous waste generated on the St. George campus.
The collection schedule for laboratory hazardous waste on the St. George campus.