hazwaste

The Office of Environmental Health and Safety is responsible for the collection and disposal of hazardous chemical wastes. This page provides information on Chemical and Hazardous Waste Policies, what is hazardous and pick-up information.

Please schedule pick-ups via email by filling out the Chemical and Hazardous Waste Pickup Request Form below and sending it to us at safety@ecu.edu. Hazardous waste tags should be completed by the responsible party and secured to the closed and properly stored container. If there are any questions, please give us a call at 328-6166.

Chemical and Hazardous Waste Pickup


	Pickup Requirements

	Chemical and Hazardous Waste Pickup Request Form

	Chemical and Hazardous Waste Pickup Instructions

	Chemical and Hazardous Waste Pickup Tag

Chemical and Hazardous Waste


	What is Hazardous

	Shock Sensitive Chemicals

	Toxicity Characteristic Leaching Procedure

	P List Chemical Waste (Acutely Toxic Chemical Listing)

	List of Lists

	Drain Log

	Drain Log Instructions

	Empty Containers

Investigators should develop waste minimization practices within their laboratories. The American Chemical Society has published a booklet - "Less is Better" which serves as a starting point for waste minimization practices. It is suggested that this booklet be reviewed as experiments or procedures are designed or conducted

Waste Minimization Procedures


	Ethidium Bromide

	Formalin

	Inorganic Acids

	Mercury

The Office of Environmental Health and Safety is also responsible for the RECY-CHEM Program. The RECY-CHEM Program takes unused, and unneeded chemicals from labs and distributes them to other ECU programs FREE of charge.

Recy-Chem


	Recy-chem Program