We place it in 5 gallon containers and the office of research safety comes and picks it up and it goes to a waste hauler form there. They pick up alcohol as well as xylene. If we had the space for a recycler...... Bernice
Bernice Frederick HTL (ASCP) Northwestern University Pathology Core Facility ECOGPCO-RL 710 N Fairbanks Court Olson 8-421 Chicago,IL 60611 312-503-3723 -----Original Message----- From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Martin, Gary Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 9:27 AM To: Jessica Piche; histonet Subject: RE: [Histonet] Disposal of Formaldehyde First ... even if the local authorities allow this ... it doesn't make "Green" sense to do it, especially when there are other very workable alternatives. The path we chose was to purchase a very simple gravity feed recycler produced and sold by Creative Waste Solutions (888) 795-8300. Check them out. Gary -----Original Message----- From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Jessica Piche Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 7:11 AM To: histonet Subject: [Histonet] Disposal of Formaldehyde Hi All, We have a question regarding the disposal of formaldehyde. We were told at our hospital that a consultant said it was okay to dump formaldehyde down the drain. I believe they said it was okay to dump 15 gallons or so a day! We are not to fond of this idea and would like to know what everyone else is doing. How is everyone disposing of their formaldehyde? We would be especially interested in what other hospitals in CT are doing. Thanks, Jessica Piche-Grocki, HT(ASCP) _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet