Chemical Inventory Of Hazardous Waste Silica Spreadsheet

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CHEMICAL INVENTORY OF HAZARDOUS WASTE SILICA
Name (print)
Department
Date
Principal Investigator/Faculty Member/Supervisor
Building Name and Room Number
Telephone Number
How to Use Carboy s
Hazardous Waste Silica Carboy
for Collection of Waste Silica
Chemicals
Percent of
List the chemicals you placed in this carboy.
Total Volume
Carboys are five gallon (20 liter) polypropylene
plastic carboys (jugs) available free from the
Department of Environment, Health & Safety
(265-5000). Use a carboy to collect your waste
silica.
For more information, see Organic Solvent
Collection in Chapter 7 of the UW Laboratory
Safety Guide.
To prevent a harmful exposure to you or a spill,
keep your carboy securely capped at all times,
except when adding silica. This is a U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency regulation.
This container is for the disposal
of used Silica waste ONLY.
Please DO NOT put the following into the carboy:
Normal lab trash (gloves, weigh boats, paper,
pipette tips, etc.)
Heavy metals (Hg, Cd, Pb, Cr, Se, Ba, As)
Sharps (needles, razors).
Lab glass (test tubes, small bottles, etc.).
Silica that has been used with or may be contaminated
with organic solvents is allowed to be put in this container.
Use One Form Per Carboy
Tips on Keeping an Accurate Inventory
of Your Carboy’s Contents
To comply with EPA regulation, you must
complete this form and provide a reasonable
Put one person in charge of waste solvent collection
estimate of its contents. We must routinely
and record keeping.
analyze carboys to determine discrepancies
Keep a clipboard with this form nearby.
between content and the information you report on
For large labs, use one carboy per room or user.
this form.
Have Safety remove your carboys more frequently to
prevent record keeping problems (this also prevents
Please call the Department of Environment, Health
evaporation errors in analysis)
& Safety at 265-5000 for pickup within three days
of filling your carboy.
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