Hazardous Waste - Dos, Don'ts and how to recycle

Single Stream Recycling

• Plastics
• Steel and aluminum cans
• Aluminum foil
• Glass bottles
• Aseptic containers (eg, milk container)
• Waxed cartons
• Brown paper bags
• Catalogues, brochures
• Cereal boxes
• Manila envelopes
• Hanging file folders
• Newspaper

• Phone books
• Shredded paper
• Pizza-boxes

• Napkins
• Plastic coated papers
• Candy wrappers
• Frozen food boxes
• Wax coated cups
• Plastic bags
• Styrofoam
• No Food Residue

• Empty drink containers

• Empty and wipe food containers clean
• No need to remove staples, clips or tape before recycling
• Use desk-side or halway bins
• Shred paper files with sensitive data

Technocycle, E waste, Batteries and Light Bulbs

• Toner cartridges
• Technocycle:
  • CDs, VHS tapes
  • External drives, cables
  • Floppy disks, Zip disks
  • Mice, keyboards
  • PDAs, phones, Blackberries
• eWaste:
  • CRTs,CPUs
  • Fax Machines, Copiers
  • Laptops, Printers
  • Microwaves
  • Televisions, Stereos
  • VCRs,DVD players
• Batteries:
  • All Batteries
• Light Bulbs:
  • All light bulbs that contain mercury, fluorescent, CFL), and Ultra violet(UV)

• Do not abandon electronics
• Incadescent and Light emitting Diodes (LED) light bulbs (contain no mercury)
• State and federal laws prohibit the disposal of mercury containing light bulbs and batteries in the trash

• Erase data from your hard drive and deactivate hardware' before recycling them

Cardboard, Packaging Materials and Plastic Bags

• Comugated and un-corrugated cardboard boxes
• Large Chip board
• Paper board boxes
• Plastic bags, shrink wrap,
• Bubble wrap, and clean plastic wrap

• Wax-coated boxes
• Frozen food boxes
• Boxes that have been soaked by food waste
• "Styrofoam shipping products—packing peanuts may be mailed to "Mail Services Packing Peanuts Reuse Program. ww15"

• Flatten boxes and put with daily recycling
• Plastic bags, shrink wrap, bubble wrap, and dean plastic wrap can be placed in plastic bag bins or mailed to Plastic Bags, NW62"

Lab Specific

• Clean aluminum foil
• Glass and plastic Chemical bottels
• Metal cans used in shipping
• Pipette tip boxes and components(#1 thru 7)
• Cardboard
• White goods (refrigerators, air conditioners, large pieces of lab equipment
• All light bulbs that contain mercury: Fluorescent, Compact Flucrescent (CFL), and Ultraviolet (UV)

• Pyrex, ceramic items and broken glass
• Icepacks—contact vendor about their take-back programme
• "Pipette tip boxes and components should be reused through a vendor take-back program

• "Glass and plastic Chemical bottles should be rinsed and odor-free. Deface the label, remove the cap and place in recycling bin"
• Decontaminate pipette items by spraying with ethanol solution