Hi,
    We dump all but the xylene down the drain. Xylene we have removed by
a disposal company.
Amos Brooks

"Dr. Ian Montgomery." wrote:

>
>
>> Date: Thu, 01 Jun 2000 12:29:54 +0200
>> From: Mike Kirby <mikek@mail.saimr.wits.ac.za>
>> Subject: Disposal of stain solutions
>> To: Histonet <HistoNet@pathology.swmed.edu>
>>
>>
>> Histonetters..
>> Question: Disposal of staining solutions, especially H & E. Does
>> one:-
>>
>> 1) Discard down the drain, with lots of water?.
>> 2) Discard down the drain into a sand trap. (What do you do with the
>> sand?)
>> 3) Collect into drums and have it carted away by a commercial
>> disposal
>> Company?
>> 4) Recycle?
>> 5) None of the above.
>>
>> Please post your replies on the general Net as there will be many
>> sites in
>> South Africa that will be interested in your replies.
>>
>> Mike Kirby
>> Johannesburg
>> South Africa.
>
>
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