Colleges and Universities

As a leader in higher education, you are uniquely positioned to share your technical knowledge and to educate personnel in kindergarten to grade 12 schools in your community on chemical management. You can work with schools to address the immediate hazards posed by mismanaged chemicals by:

Sharing expertise of environmental health and safety staff with area K-12 schools and helping assess chemical cleanout, management, and disposal issues;
Assisting schools conducting a chemical inventory;
Offering courses and training in environmental health and safety for teachers and school district employees; and
Consider offering opportunities to local schools to share in your waste collection and disposal system.

Help prevent future chemical mismanagement by:

Incorporating environmental health and chemical safety training into the curriculum of pre-service teachers; and
Encouraging pre-service teachers to evaluate the chemicals they use in their lessons and recommend the use of less toxic alternatives or lessons that create less chemical waste.

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