1. HHW – Best Management Practices
August 8, 2017

2. Gil Kauffmann

3. Permanent Collection Site – Vendor Managed
Types of Collections
One Day Collections
Permanent Collection Site – Vendor Managed
Permanent Collection Site – Weekends – Volunteer or community managed
Permanent Collection Site – Appointment only

6. Pack as collected – ship for disposal (St Louis County /City)
Type of Site
Pack as collected – ship for disposal (St Louis County /City)
Pack and store – vendor pack later – ship for disposal (City of Columbia)
Collect and redistribute (City of Moberly)

7. Facility Set up
Permanent Building (St Louis County/city, City of Springfield, City of Moberly)
Conex Box (City of Fulton, Jefferson City, Tipton)
Fancy Conex Box (Mexico and Branson,MO)

8. Building Requirements
DNR does not have any requirements for HHW facilities
Work with local Fire Departments to establish requirements

9. RCRA and DOT requirments
HHW materials are exempt from RCRA requirements.
Do the right thing and bring hazardous materials to HHW facilities and do not put in lanfill
HHW is not exempt from DOT requirments

10. Labor 40 Hour trained staff – Vendor ran facilities
24 hour with 8 hour refresher – Municipality ran facilities
Volunteers -

11. We want everyone to go home safe at the end of the day.
Safety Safety Safety
We want everyone to go home safe at the end of the day.

12. Broken glass/Open containers
Safety
Traffic Control
Box Bottoms
Heavy boxes
Broken glass/Open containers
Slip trip fall
Unknown materials
Hot and Cold
dehydration

16. PPE
Gloves
Long sleeve shirts
Tyvek

18. Spills and Spill Kits
Broom
Shovel
Absorbent
Drum
Pigs
Absorbent pads

19. Disposal Options Fuel Blending Water treatment Recycling Incineration
Oil burners

21. Unaceptables Radioactives Explosives Cylinders Ammunition PCB,s
Asbestos
Sharps / medical waste

24. MSDS or SDS sheets
Product name

25. Segregation Acids Bases Flammable Liquids Flammable Solids Poisons
Oxizers
Oils
Batteries
Electronics

26. Batteries
Alkaline
Lead Acid
NiCd
Nickel metal hydride
Lithium ion

27. UN DOT rated drums

28. Packaging
Labpack
Bulk