Purdue University Chemical Waste Debris Pick-Up

Training

What if...

After today’s training, you

will be able to:1. explain the Chemical Debris Waste Pick-Up

SOP.

2. explain how the SOP ensures compliance and the consequences of non- compliance.

3. determine which waste must be processed / containerized and what may be stored “as is” in the building.

4. use the profile book and explain the characteristics of the most commonly used profiles to process debris waste.

5. elaborate on Adam’s expectation that all debris waste be processed and identify when it is reasonable to store non-hazardous debris waste.

Regulations & Permits

If you had to, could you explain the regulations dictating storage rules in HWMF?

Is there a general rule that you follow when bringing waste into the building?

Do you know what the associated fines are for non-compliance?

Quick Review

•Labels

•Pick-up sheets

•Profile book

•Stacking SOP

Inventory Labels

Room #

Description

Hazard codes

Pick-Up Sheets

Using the Profile Book

Common Profiles & Profile

Characteristics-012: Non-hazardous Waste (Chemotherapy)

• Ethidium Bromide, Non-Regulated (but highly toxic) Chemotherapy Agents

• Example: tubes, gloves, paper, glass, needles (in sharps containers)

• Room:106

-013: Hazardous & Non-hazardous Wastes• Oil, paint solids, organic-based resins• Organic Solvents• Heavy Metal (e.g. arsenic or selenium)• Example: oil-soaked rags, debris

contaminated with hazardous wastes

• Room: 115, 119

-015: Hazardous Waste (Mercury)• Example: Broken mercury thermometer,

mercury spill cleanup debris (e.g. absorbent material, sulfur (mercuric sulfate), mercury contaminated material (e.g. Metal / Hg amalgam)

• Room:106

-016: Hazardous Waste (Heavy Metal)• Example: Lead based paint chips from

sand blasting operations, growth media contaminated with heavy metals (e.g. agarose gel contaminated with selenium and arsenic), other heavy metal waste (metal amalgams)

• Room: 115, 119

-060: Hazardous Waste (Sharps)•Example: syringes, razor blades, needles, and other sharps contaminated with hazardous waste (organic solvents or F-coded wastes)

•Room: 115

-032: Hazardous Waste (Spill Debris)• Consult chemist• Example: absorbent materials, PPE, broken

glass, cardboard contaminated with hazardous waste (could include any and all types of hazardous wastes including acutely toxic wastes (U and P coded wastes)).

• Room: 115, 116, 119

Stacking SOP for Non-Hazardous Waste• Waste must be in a sealed container.

• Waste must be placed on slats, on top of a drum, or on appropriate shelf.

• Containers > 30 gallons may not be stacked.

• Do not stack more than two high.

• Maintain a 2.5-foot aisle between rows of drums.

Stacking SOP, con’d

• Chain cylinders to shelf or storage racks.

• Store lecture bottles in steel or poly bins.

Chemical Waste Debris Pick-Up SOP

• Identify waste using pick-up label.

• Determine if waste is hazardous or non-hazardous.

Upon return to LMSB:

- Place all hazardous (coded) waste into the appropriate accumulation container (AC).

- Place all non-hazardous waste into appropriate AC or storage room.

- Perform quality control on any filled ACs.

Expectations for Non-Hazardous Debris Waste

All debris waste should be processed before the end of the shift.

What Does “Not Enough Time” Mean?

When is it appropriate to store non-hazardous waste?

What are some circumstances that might make storing non-hazardous debris waste necessary?

Practice

•Read the scenarios on the handout.

•Decide how to handle the waste.

Can You?1. Paraphrase the Chemical Debris Waste Pick-Up SOP.

2. Explain how the SOP ensures compliance and the consequences of non-compliance.

3. Determine which waste must be processed / containerized and what may be stored “as is” in the building.

4. Use the profile book and list characteristics of the most commonly used profiles to process debris waste.

5. Elaborate on Adam’s expectation that all debris waste be processed and identify when it is reasonable to store non-hazardous debris waste.