Office Waste	Reduce, reuse, and recycle white office paper and other material where possible For larger items, label as "TRASH," inform Housekeeping for collection
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
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
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
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)
	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
Chemical Move	301-496-7990
Radioactive Material Move	301-496-5774
Biohazard Material and Laboratory Clearance	301-496-2346

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