1. Hazardous Waste Management Bowling Green State University

2. Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)
“Cradle to grave”
management of
hazardous wastes

3. Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments (HSWA)
Established three categories of generators
Large quantity generators (LQGs)
(Generate 2,200 or more pounds of hazardous waste in a calendar month)
Small quantity generators (SQGs)
(Generate more than 220 pounds but less than 2,200 pounds of hazardous waste in a calendar month)
Conditionally exempt generators (CEGs)
(Generate no more than 220 pounds of hazardous waste in a calendar month)

4. Hazardous
Waste Defined

5. Listed Wastes – Specific and Nonspecific Sources
“F” listed wastes
“K” listed wastes
“P” listed wastes
“U” listed wastes

6. “F” Listed Wastes Non-specific sources
Wastes from common manufacturing and industrial processes
Example: solvents that have been used in cleaning or degreasing operations.
Wastes included on the F-list can be found in the regulations at 40 CFR §261.31

7. “K” Listed Wastes
This list includes certain wastes from specific industries, such as petroleum refining or pesticide manufacturing.
Certain sludges and wastewaters from treatment and production processes in these industries are examples of source-specific wastes.

8. “P” & “U” Listed Wastes Must be an unused commercial chemical product.
The difference between the “P” and “U” lists lies in the toxicity of the product. The acutely toxic products are on the P-list and less toxic products are on the U-list.

9. Characteristic Wastes
Ignitable (D001 Waste Code)
Flash point <140oF
Corrosive (D002 Waste Code)
pH < 2 or > 12.5
Reactive (D003 Waste Code)
Unstable
Air/water reactive
Toxic (D004-D043 Waste Codes)
Heavy metals
Certain pesticides

10. Hazardous Waste Management Plan for BGSU
Divided into two phases.
Phase I: considered as the operational segment and will involve the identification, collection, storage, and final disposal of hazardous wastes which are generated.
Phase II: In addressing the overall picture of a hazardous waste management program, a main emphasis must be placed on waste minimization.

11. Phase I
Determine the quantities of hazardous wastes currently on-campus
Departments that are identified as waste generators will be requested to select a departmental liaison.

12. Phase II Emphasis must be placed on waste minimization. Recycling
Alteration in Experimentation
Neutralization

13. Identification
Who
What
When
Where
Quantity

14. Storage of Hazardous Waste

15. Hazardous Waste Storage Facility (HWF)

16. Transportation (Off-site)

19. Disposal
Disposal is performed by BGSU’s hazardous waste disposal contractor
Options
EPA approved landfill
deep well injection
incineration
other thermal destruction
chemical treatment

20. Waste Minimization Program
1.) Substitution
2.) Micro-quantities
3.) Drain disposal
4.) Recycling
5.) Neutralization

21. Substitution Hexachlorocyclohexane, gamma- 1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene
Hexachloroethane
Methoxychlor
Naphthalene
Pendimethalin
Pentachlorobenzene
Pentachloronitrobenzene
Pentachlorophenol
Phenanthrene
Polycyclic Aromatic Compounts (PAC’s)
Pyrene
Trifluralin
Cadmium
Lead
Mercury
1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene
1,2,4,5-Tetrachlorobenzene
2,4,5-Trichlorophenol
4-Bromophenyl phenyl ether
Acenaphthene
Acenaphthylene
Anthracene
Benzo(g,h,i)perylene
Dibenzofuran
Dioxins/Furans
Endosulfan
Fluorene
Heptachlor
Hexachlorobenzene
Hexachlorobutadiene

22. Orphan Chemical Program
reduce disposal costs
reduces purchasing costs for new materials