Clean Sweeps Program and Rehab the Kansas Lab Maria Morey, KDHE Barb Johnson, KSU.

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Clean Sweeps Program and Rehab the Kansas Lab Maria Morey, KDHE Barb Johnson, KSU

Overview Experience with Kansas high school clean sweep program Experience with Kansas high school clean sweep program Proposed community college chemical clean sweep program Proposed community college chemical clean sweep program PPI rehab the Kansas lab program and assistance for community colleges PPI rehab the Kansas lab program and assistance for community colleges

School Lab Sweep Program Goal Goal  Remove unwanted or obsolete chemicals from secondary schools  Faded labels, unknowns  Prevent accidents, spills, exposure to hazardous substances

School Lab Sweep Program Agreement form Agreement form Chemical inventory Chemical inventory KDHE review KDHE review School segregates chemicals School segregates chemicals KDHE collects solid waste KDHE collects solid waste State contractor collects hazardous waste State contractor collects hazardous waste

School Lab Sweep Program 245 schools 245 schools 17,300 containers hazardous waste 17,300 containers hazardous waste  Approximately 23,000 lbs Program completion soon Program completion soon

Rehab the Lab Kansas Style KSU Pollution Prevention Institute KSU Pollution Prevention Institute EPA Region 7 P2 grant EPA Region 7 P2 grant  College science laboratories  PBT focus  Case studies fact sheet - KDHE clean out funds KDHE clean out funds

Rehab the Kansas Lab Assist Kansas college science laboratories with Assist Kansas college science laboratories with  identification,  reduction, and  elimination of PBTs and high-risk chemicals. Assist with multi-media environmental regs compliance Assist with multi-media environmental regs compliance  Compliance and P2 checklist

Rehab the Kansas Lab Identification Identification  PBTs (chemicals & Hg-containing devices)  minimize/chemlist.htm  High-risk chemicals  highrisktable.pdf 

Rehab the Kansas Lab Reduction Reduction  Help prioritize which chemicals to rid first, if can’t afford to do all at once  Help with determining disposal method  Provide micro-chemistry resources  Quantify amounts reduced

Rehab the Kansas Lab Elimination Elimination  Encourage complete elimination of:  mercury and mercury compounds  mercury-containing devices  other PBTs  high-risk chemicals  Provide green-chemistry resources  Discuss future purchasing procedures  Quantify amounts eliminated

Rehab the Kansas Lab PPI results so far PPI results so far  On-site visits to ten colleges  Inventories from four colleges  Total mercury identified = 193 lbs  Total PBTs identified = 393 lbs  Total high-risk chemicals = 2111 lbs

Rehab the Kansas Lab Additional items Additional items  Educational teleconferences this fall  Clean out details  Top environmental compliance issues  PBTs  Green chemistry  Suggestions?

Rehab the Kansas Lab Additional items Additional items  Kansas College Chemistry Teacher’s Conference (KCCTC)  March 31 - April 1  Cowley County Community College  Arkansas City, KS  Call for papers due March 10

Rehab the Kansas Lab-contacts PPI environmental hotline PPI environmental hotline Barb Nancy Maria Morey, KDHE Maria Morey,

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