Design & Safety
Environment
Hazardous Wastes

Description of EPA hazardous waste management standards for 90 day storage facilities

Practical methods contractors can use to practice responsible construction waste management

The basic principles of adsorbents

Information about the disposal of agricultural hazardous waste

Text of a regulated waste disposal manual

It costs approximately $110 to clean up each mercury spill

Procedures for disposal of chemical hazardous wastes

Resources for hazardous waste professionals on EPA Corrective Action Program

Waste handling procedures for chemicals, biohazards, radioactive wastes

EPA regulations and guidance related to hospital, medical and infectious wastes

Interpretive guidance manuals for PCB spill cleanup and much more

EPA's used oil management standards

Recommended disposal or destruction procedures for ethidium bromide(EtBr)

Recycling Used Antifreeze

1998 environmental survey of 50 major U.S. hospitals & how they handle hazardous wastes

Guidance on the Definition and Identification of Commercial Mixed Low-Level Radioactive and Hazardous Waste

Hazardous wastes are prohibited from sink/drain disposal

Guidelines used by the USA military for site remediation of low level radioactive/mixed wastes

University of Minnesota's guidebook for faculty and students on hazardous chemical waste management

Online hazardous waste program and reference materials for laboratories

Full text of hazardous waste manual, guidelines, handout, fact sheets and biosafety manual

Full text of a written hazardous waste program in use by a government agency

EPA documents on a large variety of topics relating to hazardous waste

PPE requirements and special considerations for handling hazardous waste (pdf)

Determining your generator status, identifying hazardous wastes and more

A manual for the proper management and disposal of hazardous wastes

Full text of a program in use by a major university

In use at a major university

Manual on the management of hazardous chemical waste

Safety fact sheets & guidelines related to hazardous wastes

Lists of sites by state, by contaminant, or by site ownership; read public health assessments

A laboratory hazardous waste management training manual

An Employee's Guide for Safe Handling of Chemical Waste

An example of guidelines in use at a US Dept of Energy laboratory

Case studies, mercury reduction in health care and more

Guidance and resources on industrial waste management program requirements

Practices in use at a university hospital

Guide to managing chemical waste from laboratories

Chemical biological, radioactive and universal waste programs

Example of a standard operating procedures for spill control in a laboratory

Identifies preventive measures against environmental pollution by mercury from medical facilities

Contains both radioactive and hazardous waste

Mixed-waste contains both radioactive and (chemically) hazardous waste

Publications containing scientific information, field guides, and other material

The HWRP, which will be reviewed for acceptance by the NYSDEC, must be updated biennially with annual status reports

Workplace safety manual for hazardous waste sites

Guidance overview

Links to departments within state agencies responsible for hazardous wastes in their state

Resource Conservation & Recovery Act Information System Database Compliance Subsystem

Details on recycling spent mercury-containing lamps

Construction specs for PCB removal and disposal

Examples of a standard operating procedure for sink disposal of chemicals

EPA information on the Superfund - cleaning up hazardous waste sites in the US

Outlines the waste requirements of batteries, pesticides & mercury-containing thermostats

Text of a sample manual offers guidelines for disposal of hazardous wastes

Nuclear energy educational resources papers, issues briefing papers, etc.

Tips for used alkaline batteries disposal