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MIT is committed to improving the environment through the services offered
and to provide these services in a manner demonstrably protective of
the human health, safety, and the environment, even if not required
by regulation.
Plan a procedure for waste disposal before you
start on a project. EMP may be contacted for potential
waste minimizing alternatives. Label waste properly.
It is up to each DLC to identify waste materials
properly before disposal; inadvertent mixing of
incompatible materials could have serious consequences.
The disposal of large quantities of chemical and
solid wastes makes protection of the environment
more difficult. It is in everyone's best interest
to keep quantities of waste to a minimum.
The following suggestions will help:
- Order only the amount of material you need
for your project or experiment even if you can
get twice as much for the same money.
- Use only the amount of material that is needed
for conclusive results.
- Avoid storing excess material, particularly
if it is an extremely toxic or flammable material,
just because you may want it in the future.
- Before disposing of unwanted, unopened, uncontaminated
chemicals check with others in your department
who may be able to use them.
- On termination of a research project or completion
of a thesis, all unused chemicals to be kept
by the laboratory shall be labeled.
- Make sure all samples and products to be disposed
of are properly identified, labeled with its
chemical name and containerized. Do not leave
them for others to clean up after you.
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