General Waste Management Procedures
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Office Waste |
- Reduce, reuse, and recycle white office paper and other material where possible
- For larger items, label as "TRASH," inform Housekeeping for collection
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Glass/Plastic Labware |
- Place uncontaminated or decontaminated Labware in the Disposable Labware & Broken Glass container
- Glassware/Labware that cannot readily be decontaminated must be disposed of as MPW
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Liquid Culture Media |
- Before disposal, cell culture media must be decontaminated (see MPW page for instructions) either by steam autoclave or adding disinfectant directly to vessel or treating pooled spent media
- Decontaminated media may be discarded into a sink drain
- Dispose of empty, decontaminated cell culture vessels in the Disposable Labware & Broken Glass container
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Solid Media |
- Autoclave (see MPW Section), then dispose of the bag and solid media: in Building 10, into a Disposable Labware & Broken Glass container; in all other buildings, into a general waste container
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Animal Bedding |
- Contaminated bedding must be disposed of as MPW
- Fill polyethylene bag (NSN-81 05-01-044-5727) only 3/4 full or up to 40 pounds
- To close bag, twist top and seal securely with either plastic bag closure tie or filament tape
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Spills or Emergencies - |
On Bethesda campus |
911 (NIH response) |
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Off campus in MD |
9-911 (Montgomery County response) |
Safety and Health Specialists |
301-496-2346 |
Health Physicists |
301-496-5774 |
Chemical Waste |
Pickup: 301-496-4710 |
Assistance: 301-496-7990 |
Multihazardous Waste |
Pickup: 301-496-4710 or 301-496-4451 |
Assistance: 301-496-7990 |
Radioactive Waste |
Pickup: 301-496-4451 |
Assistance: 301-496-5774 |
Medical Pathological Waste, MPW |
Pickup: 301-496-7990 |
Assistance: 301-496-2346 |
Recycling Waste |
Pickup: 301-496-7990 |
Assistance: 301-496-7990 |
Information on Moving Laboratories |
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Chemical Move |
301-496-7990 |
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Radioactive Material Move |
301-496-5774 |
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Biohazard Material and Laboratory Clearance |
301-496-2346 |
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This page last updated on Feb 08, 2006
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