What is it
Types of waste
Types of Waste Containers
Filling out waste labels
Scenarios
100

Where can you find the waste matrix in lab?

Hung near the door

100

Name an example of universal waste.

batteries, lightbulbs, mercury containing equipment, etc

100

What type of container is used for residual waste? (bonus points for specifying size)

50 gallon poly drum

100

What dept number do we use for waste tags?

10002557

100

The battery powered device you were using in lab just died! How do you get rid of the batteries?

Universal waste, need to have ends taped!!

200

What images does the waste matrix contain?

Waste containers and labels

200

Where could you dispose of an empty clean box of pipette tips?

Clean plastics recycling (other answers are acceptable too

200

Why does the flammable waste container have a lid that always stays closed?

prevents volatile compounds from escaping?

200

Who is contacted if something is wrong with a waste container?

The person whose name is on the waste label

200

You were not paying attention while UFing and knocked over a glass bottle with a small amount of water in it. What two kinds of waste containers will you need to use?

Broken glass (for the bottle), and brown box (for used pig mats)

300

What website can you use to access the online waste matrix?

300

How would you get rid of non-empty hazardous chemical bottles?

P-listed waste (does not actually necessarily have things that are officially P-listed)

300

Where can you throw away a used cyano solution?

conjugation downstream solid hazardous waste

300

How do you fill out a P-listed waste container label?

as you add things to it, write on each line what was added and the qty

300

Oh no! You just spilled some cyano onto a pigmat. Once you're sure everyone's safe, how do you dispose of the dirty pigmat?

can't go in a brown box, so you'd need to make a separate waste container for it and label with appropriate hazards