**<fc #ff0000>Take care of your trash, don't leave it for the following students to try to guess the possible hazards of your solutions and specimens.</fc>**

“**Hazardous material:** Any chemical which poses a hazard to health, property, or the environment **shall not** be deliberately discarded with the general waste or by any route into the sanitary sewer system.” JHU Policy Laboratory waste disposal HSE805

==== Liquids ====
Trash liquids should be kept in closed “waste bottles” labeled with a sticker indicating product, manufacturer, the start date, and your name.
  * DO NOT mix products in the trash (solid or liquid)
  * DO NOT put liquids in the Biohazard trashcan

When the waste bottle is full or too old, liquids should be brought to the chemical waste disposal of the University
  * HOURS: Thursdays 10:30-11:30am & 1-2pm
  * Fill out the online form at the following address [[https://orchid.hosts.jhmi.edu/hse/webtools/wasteform/|https://orchid.hosts.jhmi.edu/hse/webtools/wasteform/]]
  * Estimate the quantity roughly if you don’t know.
  * Put Latrobe as a pick up place.
  * Print the form and put it in the lab with the product.
  * Before they come, make sure
          * to wear appropriate personal protections, gloves, labcoat, shoes, ...
          * to bring the form otherwise they won't take it
          * That EVERYTHING is labeled (to the maximum of your ability).

<fc #4682b4>**ANY UNKNOWN LIQUID BROUGHT TO THE WASTE DISPOSAL WILL BE CHARGED $450.**</fc> 

**Chemical waste instructions displayed in the lab**

{{ :chemical_waste.pdf |}}

==== Solids ====

  * Any contaminated solids (INCLUDING GLOVES) should be left to evaporate under the hood for at least 48h (longer if you think it is necessary). 
  * After evaporation, they can be placed in the biohazard trashcan.
  * DO NOT mix products in the trash (solid or liquid)
  * DO NOT put liquids in the Biohazard trashcan

When a sharp container is about 3/4 full, put gloves on, close it and put it in the biohazard trash can.

**When the biohazard box is 3/4 full (the trash should NEVER reach the top of the box)**

  * Put on gloves, close the plastic bag inside the box, close the box with tape. 
  * Write the date, the hour, the name of the PI, and the room it came from (Latrobe B1 or Latrobe 216) on it. 
  * Take the box in the hall of Latrobe, in front of the elevator 1R. <fc #ff0000>**not on Friday or if it is raining!**</fc> 

**Trash instructions displayed in the lab**
{{ :trash.pdf |}}

==== Waste & Recycling Requests ====
For waste and recycling requests (e.g. requesting additional biohazard boxes or bags), visit [[http://www.fm.jhu.edu/recycling|http://www.fm.jhu.edu/recycling]] or contact Leana Houser, the Homewood Solid Waste and Recycling Manager: lpitkev1@jhu.edu