We can personalize an on-site or off-site solvent recycling program that meets your company's specific requirements.
What is the Solvent Recycling Program? This is a complimentary program on the CU Boulder school enabled by CU Green Labs and Environmental Health & Security which promotes the recycling and reuse of solvents. The objectives of the program are to save labs cash and to reduce the amount of contaminated materials produced by campus labs.
Decrease the amount of contaminated materials leaving CU Boulder. Minimize the need to bring extra solvents to campus. Parts Washers ! What solvents are accepted? We want to think about all solvents for this program. Presently methanol, ethanol, and acetone are distilled on school. If your laboratory creates other solvent waste, contact EH&S to see if they may be good prospects for the solvent recycling program.
Experiment with recycled solvent in your laboratory and see how it works for you! Can my laboratory participate in the Solvent Recycling Program? Any lab connected with CU Stone might get involved in the program, however in the majority of cases laboratories should be established with a contaminated materials satellite accumulation location and someone should be trained to manage harmful waste in order to get started.
For questions about training requirements or whether your solvent mixture can be distilled, contact Ralph Bogle: . What is the process, and how can my laboratory join? Guarantee that any solvent waste you collect for distillation is labeled as Contaminated materials and has an Accumulation Start Date. Contact Jacquie so she can offer you with collection bottles and inform you where to drop off solvent waste for distillation.
Email Jacquie if your lab would like to get totally free recycled solvent. Pureness screening through NMR can be done by request for distilled solvents. Guarantee that any solvent waste you collection for distillation is identified as Hazardous Waste and has a Build-up Start Date. Utilize the typical harmful waste disposal tags offered by EH&S to label collections of solvent for distillation.