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Waste
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Waste Management Program provides comprehensive recycling services plus
chemical, medical, and solid waste services to the NIH. Key goals of the
Waste Management Program are to: maximize the amounts of our chemical wastes
that are recycled, recovered, or beneficially reused; reduce the amounts
of toxic priority chemicals purchased and used at the NIH; and reducing
the amounts of unused reagent chemicals that require costly disposal. The
efforts NIH has undergone in this endeavor are illustrated in the NIH
Waste Disposal Guide for the 2006 fiscal year.
The Waste Management Program achieves it goals through providing various
waste services to the NIH. The solid waste service provides loading dock
collection dumpsters and hauling services to efficiently remove and dispose
of all general solid waste. In addition, a comprehensive recycling program
is provided on the main campus that includes the collecting, processing,
and shipping of recyclable materials to off-site facilities that process
the materials into reusable raw materials for consumer products. The goal
for our recycling program is to recycle at least 50% of our general solid
waste. This program requires extension promotion and outreach to encourage
all NIH staff and operations to fully participate in the recycling efforts.
The chemical waste services program collects, processes, treats and disposes
of all chemical wastes generated by the NIH. This program emphasizes the
reduction of chemical waste generation through process improvements, wherever
possible, and proper management of chemical waste streams that are generated.
Medical waste services collect all medical pathological wastes from buildings
daily and ships for off-site thermal treatment in accordance with all
applicable regulations. Goals for this program include minimization of
medical waste through better segregation and development of effective
on-site medical waste treatment systems.
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