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What type of waste do you have?
Biological
Expresses any of the following:
- Present a threat to humans or animals
- Non-liquid tissue, body parts, blood, blood products, and body fluids
- Wastes which contain human disease-causing agents
- Genetically modified organism(s)
- Sharps
If so, its Biomedical Waste.
Radioactive
If so, Radioactive Waste (contact EHS at ehs@fit.edu)
Chemical
Expresses and of the following:
- Fluorescent lamp
- Battery
- Mercury containing device
- Pesticide
If so, Universal Waste
However, if one of the chemicals listed in 40 CFR 261 subpart D its Hazardous Waste
or if expresses one or more hazardous characteristics, listed below, (40 CFR 261 subpart C) it is also Hazardous Waste.
Toxicity - one or more of the following
- Arsenic
- Barium
- Benzene
- Cadmium
- Carbon tetrarchloride
- Chlordane
- Chlorobenzene
- Chloroform
- Chromium
- o-Cresol
- m-Cresol
- p-Cresol
- Cresol
- 2,4-D
- 1,4-Dichlorobenzene
- 1,2-Dichloroethane
- 1,1-Dichloroethylene
- 2,4-Dinitrotoluene
- Endrin
- Heptachlor (and its epoxide)
- Hexachlorobenzene
- Hexachlorobutadiene
- Hexachloroethane
- Lead
- Lindane
- Mercury
- Methoxychlor
- Methyl ethyl ketone
- Nitrobenzene
- Pentachlorophenol
Flammability
- aqueous solution containing 24% or more alcohol by volume
- flash point less than 60 C (140 F)
- Is an oxidizer (chlorate, permanganate, inorganic peroxide, nitrate)
- Is an organic compound with bivalent “O-O-“ considered a derivative of hydrogen peroxide
Reactivity
- Normally unstable and readily undergoes violent change without detonating
- Reacts violently with water
- Form potentially explosive mixtures with water
- When mixed with water, it generates a toxic gas, vapors, or fumes V.
- It is a cyanide or sulfide when exposed to pH concentrations between 2 and 12.5, can generate toxic gases, vapors, or fumes
Corrosivity
- pH ≥ 12.5; or ≤ 2