Instructions for chemical and hazardous waste

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INSTITUTE OF NEUROSCIENCE AND FYSIOLOGY

Instructions for

chemical and hazardous

waste

Revised 2014-09-02

Rita Grandér

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How handle hazardous waste

In the lab.

Use suitable bottles or containers ex. Empty alcohol bottles for liquids. Mark the bottle or container with WASTE and the chemical that supposed to be collected. Make sure the old label is either clearly over crossed or removed.

If the substance is toxic, a pictogram label on the waste bottle/container for toxic agents, shall also be used.

Preparing for the waste room

New containers and cardboard boxes for waste are stored in the waste room. All packing containing chemical and hazardous waste is to be sealed properly. White labels are in paper holders on the wall above the table in the trash room “AVFALLSRUM” (room no: 0416B) on K floor.

Fill in all the data on the white label. See instructions on the following pages, under the headline: How to fill in the label.

Apply the white label to the packing, containing chemical or hazardous waste. Send a mail to rita.grander@neuro.gu.se and give following information: Kind of waste, amount of bottles, cardboard boxes, name, unit and date.

Bring the waste to floor K, to the storage room for chemical, hazardous and biological waste. The door is labeled “AVFALLSRUM”.

The trash facility is divided in three rooms, 0416B, 0416C and 0416D. The white cabinets in the right room (0416D) are marked where to put the different chemicals. The door in to room 0416D is labeled chemical waste, with a yellow sign.

Put the chemical waste on correct shelf. The shelves inside the cabinets are also marked were to put different waste.

The left room (0416C) is for Hazardous waste, used vials from scintillations. The door in to room 0416C is labeled Hazardous waste, with a yellow sign.

Please keep the three areas clean and tidy!!

If there are any questions, please contact:

Rita Grandér Tel: 786 33 29

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What is included in chemical waste and

Hazardous waste

Chemical waste

All inorganic, organic chemicals and solutions.

Hazardous waste “riskavfall”

Biological waste

Hazardous sharps (needles, scalpels, broken glass from the lab. And contaminated gloves) Hazardous sharps and contagious waste

Pharmaceuticals Infectious items

Genetically modified micro-organism waste (not Infectious ) Genetically modified micro-organism waste (Infectious ) Radioactive chemicals or items

How to do the packaging

Chemical waste

For solutions:

Use a durable container. Smaller volumes of chemical waste can be put together in a carbon box or other approved packing.

Mark the packing with the white label for chemical waste.

For solid waste

:

Pipette tips, plastic tubes and other equipment that have been contaminated with hazardous chemicals shall be handled as the solutions.

One single small container with chemical disposal

Put the container in a brown paper bag. The bags are available in two sizes and be find on the table in room 0416B. Label the bag and put it at the specific in one of the cupboards.

Hazardous waste “riskavfall”

Use the brown card board boxes marked “Riskavfall” on the yellow boarder.

The boxes should have a plastic bag inside. Boxes should not be filled up to more than 75% to be able to seal them properly.

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a) Formamide

b) Rita Grandér

c)

CBR

d) 2014- 08- 01

e)

Rita

Grandér

How to fill in the label containing one

single chemical

Ex. Formamide for disposal

a) Write “Formamide” on the line for “ Avfall”, disposal. It is not needed to fill in information for UN-nr or Grupp. b) Write your name,

c) and the group you belong to on the line for “Avlämnare/Inst”, sender/Institute.

d) Don´t forget to write the date. e) And your signature.

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How to fill in the label containing a

mixture of chemicals

Ex. Nickelchloride / DAB for disposal

a) Write the content of the solution on the first line for “Avfall”, disposal.

It is not needed to fill in information for UN-nr or Grupp.

b) Write your name and Institute you belong to on the line for

“Avlämnare/Inst”, sender/Institute.

c) Don´t forget to write the date.

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Dictionary for “Farligt avfall” labels

Swedish English

Farligt avfall Hazardous waste

Avfall disposal

Avlämnare uppgifter Sender information

Avlämnare Sender

Institution Institute

Datum Date

Mixtures you can throw out under certain conditions

10 L of the solutions below are allowed to thrown out in the zink.

• Tris buffer at a low concentration as 10mM. • Boric acid at a low concentration at 0,5% .

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How to fill in the label Riskavfall

(Hazardous waste)

Ex. One container with hazardous sharps (skärande/stickande)

a) Tick a

X

for “skärande/stickande”.

b) write in your Institute and unit under “Institution/avdelning”.

c) Write in your telephone number under “Telefon”.

d) Write the date on the row where Datum: is written

e) Write your name and signature under “Signatur”.

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Dictionary for “Riskavfall” labels

Swedish English

Biologiskt Biological

Skärande/stickande Hazardous sharps

Läkemedel Pharmaceuticals

Smittförande Infectious items

Genetiskt modifierade Genetically modified

Mikroorganismer Micro-organism

Institution/Avdelning Institute/Department

Adress Adress

Telefon Telephone

Datum Date

Avsändare/Signatur Sender/Signature

Websites

Following websites gives you information about your chemical/ chemicals from their safety sheets.

You can also contact Rita Grandér by phone (786 33 29) or e-mail(rita.grander@neuro.gu.se) KLARA:

http://medarbetarportalen.gu.se/arbetsmiljohandboken/arbetsmiljo-a-till-o/KLARA/

Sigma-Aldrich:

http://www.sigmaaldrich.com/sweden.html

VWR:

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Instructions for chemical and hazardous waste