Wear eye protection.
Image 1.) Safety glasses
Click here for Eye protection guidelines Personal protective equipment — PPE.
Please ask an experienced researcher, or experienced department staff member for help the first 3 times taking waste to the department of chemistry waste vault.
Reuse only empty commercial chemical containers, or buy new containers that have lids that screw closed and/or seal.
Consider chemical compatibility when reusing chemical containers. Click here for information about chemical compatibility groups.
Click here for information on how to properly label chemical waste containers.
Image 2.) Sample chemical Waste Label
Please remember that all chemical tracking barcodes need to be removed from waste containers and 20 L cans and then placed on barcode disposal sheets, the sheets are available from the DSS Stockroom–326 Chevron.
Click here for the sticker sheet/barcode policy.
Click here for information on safe chemical and waste chemical transporting procedures.
Please remember to transport chemicals on the freight elevator. Take properly labeled chemicals to 255 Chevron department of chemistry’s waste vault.
Chemical Waste room
Accessing the Chemical waste room 255 Chevron.
Please take your cellular phone to room 326 Chevron (to the left out of the freight elevator) to sign out the waste room key, 8 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. Monday through Friday. You will use your cell phone to access an online form with a Quick Response code (a two-dimensional matrix barcode also known as a QR code).