Author: Paige Diane Pittman

Requirements and Responsibility Waste Minimization at Purdue Waste minimization is any action that reduces the amount and/or toxicity of hazardous wastes before being shipped off-site for disposal. Minimizing waste can help to save costs of disposal. Use the following methods,...

Becoming a Mercury-Free Campus Mercury Free Campus EHS continually strives to eliminate elemental mercury from campus. You can help make this possible by proactively requesting removal of elemental mercury from your lab. Where Can Mercury Be In addition to having...

Emergency and Non-Emergency Procedures Non-Emergency Spills A small amount (generally defined as less than 1 liter) of a chemical or material spilled that is not highly toxic or reactive; does not present a significant fire or environmental hazard; and is...

What are Sharps? Items capable of puncturing, cutting, or abrading the skin, such as: Glass: pipettes, broken bottles and chipped beakers Blades: scalpels, razor, saw blades Needles: needles, syringes with needles, 3D printer nozzle cleaning needles How to Handle and...

Cleaning and Disposal of Empty Containers Safety Residual chemicals in bottles pose serious risk of injury to people working around or handling trash receptacles. A chemical may produce harmful vapors or orders. Although some chemicals by themselves may be non-hazardous,...

You Collect the Waste, EHS Handles the Disposal Chemical Waste Pickup Requests Container Content Description: List the percentage of each chemical in the container. If present at <1% it can be marked as trace. Write out full chemical names, no...

Science With Compliance Purdue is an R1 research institution with over 1000 labs on campus. The Hazardous Materials Management (HMM) unit supports the university in facilitating safe and compliant research activities. A primary focus for HMM is collecting and disposing...

What is Chemical or Biological Waste? Chemical or Hazardous Waste Used Chemicals or mixtures: Solvents, salts, reagents, test kits, oils, fuels, cylinders, etc. Contaminated solid materials: Gloves, paper towels, filters, glass, syringes, needles, silica gel, etc. All chemicals that came...

eShipGlobal and Shipment Approvals All domestic, international and dangerous goods shipments related to university business must be requested online using eShipGlobal. EHS review and approval is required for all dangerous goods shipments which includes hazardous chemicals, biological materials and dry...

Batteries, Light Bulbs and Electronics Universal waste refers to items that qualify as hazardous waste but are very common and easily recyclable. Purdue recycles or disposes of the following items as universal waste: Batteries Lead-acid (Pb), nickel-cadmium (Ni-Cd, Cd), nickel-metal...