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Waste Disposal
Biological Waste
Biological Waste
collections are made once each week, on Wednesdays. Regulated Waste is liquid or semi-liquid blood or
other potentially infectious materials; contaminated items
that would release blood or other potentially infectious
materials in a liquid or semi-liquid state if compressed;
items that are caked with dried blood or other potentially
infectious materials that are capable of releasing these
materials during handling; contaminated sharps; and
pathological and microbiological wastes containing blood or
other potentially infectious materials. If you are unsure if
your waste is considered regulated, please contact the
Laboratory and Hazardous Waste Section of the Center for
Environmental Health and Safety at
biological@cehs.siu.edu or 618-453-7180.
To request a biological waste collection,
please complete an
on-line
request form. If you do not have web access, you may
call the Center for Environmental Health and Safety (CEHS)
at 618-453-7180 to request a collection.
Your waste will be collected in less than five working days
from the date we receive notification.
Biological waste may also be treated to remove
the biological hazard by individual departments.
Please contact CEHS directly for more information
about this program.
Chemical Waste
Chemical Waste collections are
made within 3 working days.
To request a chemical waste collection, please complete
an on-line
request form. If you do not have web access, you may
also complete a
hard
copy version of the form and send it to the Center for
Environmental Health and Safety (CEHS) via campus mail for
collection. Please be sure your containers contain
appropriate labels before they are collected.
Please refer to the SIU Carbondale
Chemical
Waste Management Guide for further details or contact a
representative in the Laboratory and Hazardous Waste Section
of the Center for Environmental Health and Safety at
chemical@cehs.siu.edu or 618-453-7180.
Radiological Waste
Radioactive waste is collected by the Radiation
Safety Section
of the Center for Environmental Health and Safety. Please
refer to their
webpages or contact the Radiation Safety officer at
radcon@cehs.siu.edu or 618-453-7180.
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