Organic Solvent Waste Containers Are Labelled

Use separate containers for each of the following types of waste.

Organic solvent waste containers are labelled.

List each chemical in the container including all solvents used. Leakproof container labeled with a waste tag. Common solvents include acetone and methanol. Halogenated organic solvents non halogenated organic solvents corrosive acid corrosive bases heavy metals elemental mercury reactives oxidizers toxic poisons acutely hazardous wastes p listed.

Solvents must be collected in compatible and right sized containers. Labels with nonspecific names such as organic waste waste solvents acid waste etc. Aqueous halogenated and non halogenated waste streams should be separated if possible. Abbreviations initials or chemical formulas are not acceptable labels.

List all chemical constituents and ph on the waste label. Contact the eh s environmental management facility 858 534 2753 if you want to pour other chemical constituents in the same waste. Attach a hazardous waste label to the container. List by full name only.

For example is an oxidizer. For example do not label a container simply corrosive liquids. Chemical waste is a waste that is made from harmful chemicals mostly produced by large factories chemical waste may fall under regulations such as coshh in the united kingdom or the clean water act and resource conservation and recovery act in the united states in the u s the environmental protection agency epa and the occupational safety and health administration osha as well as. Label all containers with the group name from the chemical waste category and an itemized list of the contents.

Collect only wastes that are compatible within a container. Accurately list the bag s contents and chemical constituents on the hazardous waste tag.