RE: alcohols
From: | "Weems, Joyce" <JWEEMS@sjha.org> |
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Joyce Weems
Pathology Manager
Saint Joseph's Hospital of Atlanta
-----Original Message-----
From: Connie McManus [SMTP:conmac@cc.usu.edu]
Sent: Monday, May 21, 2001 2:11 PM
To: WWmn916@aol.com; histonet@pathology.swmed.edu
Subject: Re: alcohols
I am with a university and we have our own environmental health and
safety
dept. that comes around to pick up hasmats. I dispose of all ETOH,
isoprop, methanol, acetone, etc. together in one container (labeled
with
the contents and approximate % of each alcohol in the total volume).
I
understand this waste is then taken elsewhere to be burned as fuel.
Sooooo,
I keep xylenes and histoclear in one container, with the alcohols
and
acetone separate. If I dump any alcohol down the drain, it is in
very
small quantities that can be diluted quickly with running tap water.
I am thinking seriously about getting one of those recyling systems.
Who
makes them? I've seen them advertised, but now that I want one, I
can't
seem to find the ads (figures).
Connie M
At 05:25 PM 5/20/01 -0400, WWmn916@aol.com wrote:
>Greetings,
> This is perhaps a very simple question....but what do other
labs do with
>their 95% alcohols? I know recycling is what happens most. Does
anyone
know
>if it is okay, or outrageous to dispose of 95% alcohols down the
sink when
>there is too much to recycle? I read in some literature that
putting 95%
>alcohol down the drain was okay, but with large amounts of water.
How much
>95% is okay for sink disposal?
>
>Deb
>
>
Connie McManus
Veterinary Diagnostics Lab
Utah State University
Logan, UT
USA
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