Laboratory Waste Disposal Chart

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Laboratory Waste Disposal Chart

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Type: Best Place For: NOT appropriate for: Management:
General Garbage/Recycling
 
Non-contaminated gloves, paper, chucks, general waste items.

If the item is recyclable please assist our efforts in waste reduction
  • Items which are biological or radiological contaminated
  • Chemicals
  • Sharp objects including broken glass
  • Centrifuge tubes
Collected by custodial staff.
Red Bag Lined Biological Waste Box
  • Infectious solids, such as Petri dishes, contaminated gloves, chucks, etc.
  • Contaminated, un-broken glass objects free of liquids
  • General, uncontaminated trash
  • Sharps and broken glass
  • Liquids
  • Radiological contaminated items
  • Chemicals
Laboratory staff purchase the containers, build the boxes, double-line it with red bags, close full bags and boxes, and dispose of boxes.

Full containers are removed by EH&S staff after a disposal request form has been received.
Sharps container Sharps including:
  • Needles
  • Scalpels
  • Razor blades
  • Pasteur pipettes
  • Contaminated broken glass or broken plastic
  • Chemicals
  • Radiological contaminated items
Do not over fill.
Multiple sizes available.

Containers purchased by laboratory staff.

Full containers are removed by EH&S staff after a disposal request form has been received.
Glass Disposal
  • Uncontaminated glass (broken and unbroken)
  • Uncontaminated broken (sharp) plastic objects
  • Uncontaminated "pointy' plastic items (ex: large pipettes)
  • Biological or radiological contaminated items
  • Chemicals
  • Fluorescent bulbs
Purchased by Laboratory staff.

Full bags must be tied shut, followed by taping the box closed around the bag. Taped boxes are disposed by laboratory staff in the dumpster.
Satellite Accumulation Area
  • Chemical wastes
  • Chemical spill debris
Training, signage, container closure, labeling, inspections, and other rules apply.
  • Biological or radiological contaminated items
  • Sharps
Managed by Laboratory staff.

Full containers removed by EH&S staff after a disposal request form has been received.
Radiological Waste Container Radiological contaminated items such as:
  • Gloves
  • Bench chucks
  • Paper
  • Plastic
  • Liquids
  • Chemicals
  • Sharps
  • Lead Pigs
  • Radiological Sources
Managed by Laboratory staff.

Full containers removed by EH&S staff after a disposal request form has been received.

For questions please contact EH&S staff at EHS@usd.edu