Hazardous Material Disposal and Recycling

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MATERIAL/EQUIPMENT	CONTACT
Asbestos-containing materials and equipment Includes autoclaves, bunsen burner mats and gauze pads, laboratory ovens, older furnaces, fire-proof file cabinets, anything that produces high heat, fire-proof cabinets, fireproof gloves, mitts and sleeves, laboratory benchtops, laboratory fume hoods lined with transite asbestos cement	UW Facilities Regulated Materials Office 206.685.3357 asbestos@uw.edu
Automated External Defibrillators (AED)	EH&S Building & Fire Safety 206.685.0341
Biohazardous waste	EH&S Biological Safety 206.221.7770 ehsbio@uw.edu
Biological and radiological mixed waste	EH&S Radiation Safety 206.543.0463 radsaf@uw.edu
Biological safety cabinet	EH&S Biological Safety 206.221.7770 ehsbio@uw.edu
Capacitors and transformers Equipment containing capacitors and transformers may contain polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and include electron microscopes and x-ray equipment	EH&S Environmental Programs 206.616.5835 chmwaste@uw.edu
Chemical containers (empty) Safety cans, including but not limited to faucet, bench, gas, dip tank, plunger, daub, biohazard and oily waste. Drums, barrels, totes and containers used for safe storage; lab pack, overpack and salvage.	EH&S Environmental Programs 206.616.5835 chmwaste@uw.edu
Chemical exchange (recycling)	EH&S MyChem 206.616.4046 mychem@uw.edu
Chemical waste disposal	EH&S Environmental Programs 206.616.5835 chmwaste@uw.edu
Chemical treatment by generator Includes acid/base neutralization, Cidex OPA treatment, ethidium bromide, formaldehyde, mercuric chloride	EH&S Environmental Programs 206.616.5835 chmwaste@uw.edu
Chemotherapy and hazardous drugs (trace and non-trace)	EH&S Biological Safety 206.221.7770 ehsbio@uw.edu
Fire extinguishers	EH&S Building & Fire Safety 206.685.0341
Gas cylinders	EH&S Building & Fire Safety 206.685.0341
Geiger meters / counters	EH&S Radiation Safety 206.543.0467 radsaf@uw.edu
Laboratory glass, plastic and tubing Includes bottles, jars, jugs, carboys, flasks, caps, stoppers, droppers, funnels, graduated cylinders, spatulas, rods, tubes, racks, microplates, pipette tips, broken glass, and fragile glass items such as pasteur pipettes, slides and cover slips	EH&S Biological Safety 206.221.7770 ehsbio@uw.edu
Lead-containing materials and equipment Includes lead bricks, shots, sheets, pigs, lead-lined items, weights, sheeting, foil, and metallic lead that has been painted, encapsulated or covered	UW Recycling recycle@uw.edu
Lead-containing radiation shielding Includes lead aprons and other lead-containing shielding that is defective and/or contaminated with radioactive materials	EH&S Environmental Programs 206.616.5835 chmwaste@uw.edu
Mercury-containing instruments Includes temperature or pressure measurement devices, coulter counters, silver-tipped thermometers/thermostats	EH&S Environmental Programs 206.616.5835 chmwaste@uw.edu
Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB)-contaminated equipment	EH&S Environmental Programs 206.616.5835 chmwaste@uw.edu
Pressurized containers/vessels	EH&S Building & Fire Safety 206.685.0341
Radiological waste	EH&S Radiation Safety 206.543.0467 radsaf@uw.edu
Sharps and needles Includes syringes with and without needles, lancets, scalpel blades, razor blades	EH&S Biological Safety 206.221.7770 ehsbio@uw.edu
Surplus equipment Potentially-contaminated equipment must have a Notice of Cleaning and Decontamination Form attached. Includes anaerobic chambers, balances or scales, benchtop instruments (refractometers, spectrophotometers), biological safety cabinets, centrifuges, circulators and chillers, cryostats, dead tanks, dryers and freeze dryers, environmental chambers, evaporators, flammables cabinets, freezers, fume hoods, furnaces, gas cylinder holders, glassware, glove boxes, homogenizers and grinders, hoods, incubators, magnetic stirrers and hot plates, meters (pH meters, voltmeters), microfuges, microscopes, mixers, PCR chambers, pipettors, refrigerators, rotators, shakers, sinks, storage cabinets and lockers (used to store chemicals or hazardous waste), vibrators and sonicators, water baths Any equipment containing a radioactive source must by checked by EH&S Radiation Safety (206.543.0467, radsaf@uw.edu) prior to being surplused. Includes, but not limited to any item with a radioactive sticker, gas chromatographs, germicidal UV lamps, lasers, scintillation counters, x-ray equipment	UW Surplus 206.685.1573 surplus@uw.edu
Universal waste Includes batteries, fluorescent lights, mercury, oil	EH&S Environmental Programs 206.616.5835 chmwaste@uw.edu
X-ray plates	EH&S Radiation Safety 206.543.0467 radsaf@uw.edu