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1. Waste Reduction in Research & Testing Laboratories  

   

   Hazardous waste reduction in laboratories can be economically advantageous to facilities by reducing disposal costs. This Web site provides a collection of links, manuals, fact sheets and case studies on pollution prevention for laboratories. It focuses on non-teaching laboratories and includes in…

2. Labs21 Program: Improve Energy and Water Efficiency  

   

   The Labs21 program is designed to improve laboratory energy and water efficiency, encourage the use of renewable energy sources, and promote environmental stewardship. This Web site provides information about the Labs21 program; tools for laboratory design and operation; links, benefits of the prog…

3. Laboratory P2 Fact Sheet  

   

   Maintaining a pollution-free environment and properly handling chemical wastes are subjects of increasing concerns to educators, schools, and parents alike. The best way to alleviate this concern is to eliminate chemical wastes at the source by using pollution prevention practices. This fact sheet…

4. Teaching Laboratory and Workshop Self-Audit  

   

   This guide and self-audit provide educators and managers with a practical approach to preventing pollution in their teaching laboratories. A ’self-audit’ helps teachers and students examine the current operations of their own laboratories and identify ways that they can improve and prev…

5. Case Study: Replacing Histological Reagents Containing Mercury in Hospital Laboratories    

   

   This case study explains the importance of eliminating the use of mercury from hospital laboratories and how awareness and identification of mercury-containing products/chemicals is the first step in implementing a successful program to target the elimination. It also provides a detailed descriptio…

6. Waste Minimization Manual: Analytical Laboratories    

   

   This booklet was developed to help analytical laboratories identify and implement waste minimization practices. Practical, how-to information, specific examples of opportunities for minimizing waste and a step-by-step process to develop a waste minimization plan are provided. Adobe Acrobat PDF For…

7. Chemical Waste in Laboratories  

   

   This section of the University of Michigan’s P2000 Pollution Prevention Programs presents some of the waste minimization efforts underway at the university’s teaching and research laboratories. Efforts include: chemical redistribution; chemical tracking; ethidium bromide waste reduction…

8. Research and Educational Laboratory Waste Reduction  

   

   This fact sheet provides information on how to reduce and minimize waste from research and educational laboratories. Topics include: pollution prevention; management practices; chemical purchasing; training; and, lab practices. Adobe Acrobat PDF format
   Publication date: November 2005 Ohio Env…

9. P2 for Laboratory Wastes  

   

   Laboratories create a very diverse set of wastes from student experiments and research labs in biology, chemistry, physics, medical, food production, and many other varied studies supported at educational institutions. This fact sheet is dedicated to the management of lab wastes through pollution p…

10. Environmental Virtual Campus  

    

    The Environmental Virtual Campus (EVC) was developed to assist students, staff, and researchers with campus environmental management practices, including both regulatory compliance and non-regulatory ’green’ environmental practices. These areas include: laboratory; central hazardous was…